By Kate Thomas for MailOnline
Published: 10:08 BST, 21 June 2019 | Updated: 10:08 BST, 21 June 2019
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Comedy legend Roy Hudd has revealed he lost an incredible eight stone in weight and is 'feeling like a million dollars' after having a gastric sleeve fitted.
The TV and radio personality, 83, was warned by his doctor that he was morbidly obese and urgently needed to shape up, prompting him to take action by getting the surgery because he 'wasn't ready to snuff it yet'.
Roy - best known for his 26-year tenure at the helm of Radio 2 sketch show, The News Huddlines - went from 20 stone down to a trim 12 stone and has never felt better.
Transformation: Comedy legend Roy Hudd (pictured with his wife Debbie) has revealed he lost an incredible eight stone in weight and is 'feeling like a million dollars' after having a gastric sleeve fitted
He told the Daily Mirror: 'I’d put on so much weight it was ridiculous. I was up to 20st and I’d got diabetes so I really needed to slim down for health reasons.
'But my doctor looked me in the eye and said "oy,
