Nick Knowles has branded himself “overweight” just days after his “unrecognisable” appearance on The One Show.
The 61-year-old star is back on our screens this week in The Mighty Mississippi With Nick Knowles which will show the presenter follow the mighty river from Minneapolis in the north all the way south to New Orleans.
He admits he’s often “terrified” while filming his travel programmes, which has previously seen him do everything from zip lining across the Grand Canyon to confronting a rattlesnake in Death Valley.
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Opening up about his new show, the dad-of-four told the Mirror: “There are lots of people making adventure programmes and a lot of them, like Bear Grylls, are young, they’re super fit. “I’m 61 now and it’s no great surprise that I’m a bit overweight. Even putting on a wetsuit and appearing on telly, you can’t worry. If I laid down on a beach, Greenpeace would try to drag me back into the water.”
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He added: “I met a chap who cycled from Mexico down to the bottle of Argentina. He said to me, ‘You shouldn’t have to wait for a terminal diagnosis to go and make the most of your life’. I couldn’t agree more. You’ll be amazed at what you’re capable of if you push yourself. You can’t worry about what you look like or failing.”
The TV personality calling himself “overweight” comes after the former I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! contestant left BBC One viewers gobsmacked with his “totally unrecognisable” look on The One Show. He was on the famous red sofa to discuss his latest show, but host Alex Jones quickly addressed his drastic change in appearance.
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Nick, who is usually recognised for his clean-shaven look, sported a much longer beard in the BBC studio. Alex said: “There’s an elephant in the room here. Nobody’s talking about it. There’s a new look, Nick, going on well.” Nick replied: “There’s there’s two things with it. One is I’m not actually doing any filming for a while. I’m doing some writing and things and so I had the chance to grow a beard and actually, weirdly for men you get a chance to grow a beard, like, ‘I’ll grow one.’
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He added: “I can’t have a beard like this when I’m filming. So that was one thing. And the other thing is a friend asked me to do some acting and years ago, long when… I’ve been in TV for 40 years now. When I started out, I started doing a bit of acting and I’ve been asked in-between. Now I’ve got a bit of space, so I’ve said yes to play a part.”
Fans were gobsmacked by Nick’s new look on the telly. One fan tweeted: “Nick Knowles is totally unrecognisable.” Another said: “Didn’t recognise Nick Knowles.” A third person wrote: “Bl**dy hell, Nick Knowles! I could tell it was him by the voice, but when I looked up, I seriously couldn’t recognise him!!!” Another read: “Wait… Nick Knowles was on #TheOneShow… missed it!”
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