EastEnders' Keanu actor Danny Walters opens up on cruel jibe that led to 4 stone weight loss
ok.co.ukActor Danny Walters, who stars as Keanu in EastEnders, has spoken about a particularly mean jibe that led him to his astonishing four-stone weight loss.
Danny, who slimmed down from 16 stone to 12 stone, opened up about how he began his fitness journey after a girl referred to him as the "ugly fat guy" while he was on holiday as a youngster.
Speaking about the "harsh" incident that led to his lifestyle overhaul during an appearance on the My Time Capsule podcast, Danny told host Mike Fenton Stevens Danny, "We [he and his brother] were talking to these two girls on the sun loungers and I came out and said, 'Hey' and they turned around and said 'Oh my God, who's this ugly fat guy?' I was like, 'Woah' and my brother said, ‘Hey, that's really harsh.' I started crying and ran off." Danny, who recently escaped the gloom of Walford for a holiday in Greece, confessed that he didn't want to be known as "the funny fat guy" and so embarked on a new health routine. "I was like, I'm done with that.
I want girls to like me, I want girls to love me," he added. Since then, the actor, 30, has discovered a love for fitness, and back in 2018 he shared that he'd been working with a personal trainer.
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