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Chanelle Hayes took laxatives for 10 years and would only eat a tin of tomatoes in a bid to look 'skinny like Victoria Beckham' during her battle with yo-yo dieting.
The 33-year-old, whose weight has fluctuated over the years, catapulted into the spotlight on Big Brother 2007 and soon signed lucrative contracts showing off her size six figure in lads' magazines.
But as the deals dried up, Chanelle found her weight creep up to 17stone 4lbs at her heaviest, after bingeing on Domino's pizza, doughnuts and Coca Cola.
Story: Chanelle Hayes has revealed how 10 years of taking laxatives sparked food addiction that saw her weigh 17 stone (pictured left after gastric sleeve surgery, right 17st in 2019)
Now in an interview with The Sun, the mother-of-two has shared how gastric sleeve surgery helped her curb her compulsive eating habits and develop a healthy relationship with food.
Reflecting on how fame exasperated her desire to be 'skinny', Chanelle recalled: 'My life post Big Brother, my eating habits got worse, everyone I hung out with in London was even smaller than me, so I felt so big. They all took drugs, which I guess explains why they were thin, but that was not something I was into.
'I was living in hotels and would not eat anything all day, if I got absolutely starving I would eat a tin of tomatoes with hot sauce, then take laxatives, I thought I was setting myself up for this amazing life but in truth I was always on my own and it was so lonely.'
Shocking: Chanelle took laxatives for 10 years and would only eat a tin of tomatoes in a bid to look like Victoria Beckham during her battle with yo-yo dieting (pictured in 2007)
Yo-yo: The television personality found herself in a vicious cycle of overindulging and then trying to compensate for
