The colour of love: Dawn French moves away from her all-black attire in a dress adorned with bright and bold hearts

By Georgina Littlejohn


What a sweetheart: Dawn French added a splash of colour to her black dress which was adorned with lots of brightly coloured love hearts

Every women knows that black is very slimming and can hide a multitude of sins.

But ever since she lost eight stone, Dawn French has played it safe in the dark colour, even on her gorgeous slimline new frame.

But today, the comedienne added a splash of colour and proved she was a real sweetheart as she arrived for the live TV interview.


Dawn looked very cute in a black dress which had been decorated with multi-coloured love hearts all over.

She beamed for the cameras as she took her seat on the This Morning sofa for a chat with hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.

She spoke about her weight loss, kissing Michael Buble and working with Simon Cowell - which she said was still a mystery to her.

No more weight loss talk, please! Dawn told hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield that she was bored with people talking about her new slimline figure

Cowell recently spoke to the Daily Mail and said he would love Dawn to host a new cookery show that he is developing.

Dawn said: 'I found out about it in the press just as you did. I know there's a show he wants to do and I am going to talk to him about it, but I haven't yet, so I don't know.'

Her leading men: Dawn laughed as she spoke about kissing Michael Buble and teaming up with Simon Cowell for a new project

Another leading man for her is Michael Buble, who she kissed on his Christmas show Home For Christmas last year.

She said: 'How lovely was that? Wouldn't you like to get that call "would you like to kiss Michael under the mistletoe"? As a job! Wow! I'd have paid him!

'We get on very well, and he said "I've always wanted to work with you and I'd like to do some comedy", so I said "if you are honest about that, I will invent something for us to do". So that's what I'm doing at the moment!'

Rock chick: Dawn looked very chic in her denim jacket and biker boots as she arrived for a radio interview

She also opened up about her weight loss, as she had already done this week to a women's magazine, and admitted that while she looked and felt better, she missed her larger self.

She said: 'I kind of do because I did like myself, I've never disliked myself in any way and the weight has nothing to do with my self esteem... so I'm used to that old body, I know how it works, I know how it moves, and I'm less used to this newer one. That's all it is really.'

The comedienne and the crooner: Dawn appeared alongside Michael Buble - and kissed him - on his festive show Home For Christmas last year

Holly asked her if she was now bored of everyone talking about her dramatic weight loss and Dawn replied: 'Yeah I do! Well I suppose I've always thought that that isn't really what mattered, and yet by losing all this weight I realise that for a lot of people that is all that matters and that's really sad.

'And I refuse to dislike the old body and you know, I may have it again you never know!'

In demand: Simon Cowell, seen here at the BGT London auditions yesterday, said he would love Dawn to front a new show he is developing



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'Shut up Anne Diamond': Comedienne Dawn French hits back at gastric band speculation

By Kerry Mcqueeney


Incredible shrinking woman: Dawn French (left) insists her weight loss was down to healthy eating and walking more, while Anne Diamond (right) has suggested she could have undergone gastric band surgery


Her dramatic weight loss has attracted admiration as well as speculation over how she did it.

However, it would seem funny girl Dawn French has had enough of rumours over her method of shedding the pounds.

In a radio Christmas special due to be broadcast on Radio 2 tomorrow, the actress - along with her comedy partner Jennifer Saunders - hits back at TV presenter Anne Diamond, who suggested her weight loss could have been the result of gastric band surgery.


According to The Sun, French sarcastically says in the comedy special: 'Thank you, Anne, for putting me right.

'Aren't I lucky to have Anne Diamond telling me how to live.'

Comedy partner Saunders adds: 'Dawn, have you swallowed a gastric band?', to which French replies: 'No, I have not.'

The comedy pair then both shout in unison: 'Shut up, Anne Diamond.'

Diamond, who herself shed the pounds after having a gastric band fitted in 2006, speculated that French's 'astonishing transformation' could have been the result of undergoing the procedure.

In an open letter to French last month, Diamond asked: 'Dawn, how did you do it? Was it really just ‘eating less and walking more’ as you have said? The slimming world is abuzz.

'Some say it has to be one of those "meal replacement" programmes such as Lighter Life, where your unhealthy relationship with food is deconstructed and then built up again.


Before: Dawn French was famous for her larger frame (left) while Anne Diamond (right) also struggled with her weight before shedding the pounds after having a gastric band fitted

Dynamic duo: Dawn French with her comedy partner Jennifer Saunders. The pair recorded a Christmas special for Radio 2


'Others say it can be done just by dieting and exercise, as with Slimming World or WeightWatchers.

'But it’s unusual to go so smoothly, without falling off the wagon or hitting frustrating plateaux.

'I spoke to an obesity surgeon who said that the easiest way to guarantee your sort of dramatic and consistent weight is to have a gastric band or a gastric bypass. Your spokesman insists that’s not the case.'

In last month's open letter, Diamond spoke about her own weight loss through gastric band surgery.

She added: 'What I do know is that I made the terrible mistake of keeping quiet after I had gastric-band surgery, and I paid a heavy price for that when I was betrayed.

'I had gone to Belgium to have my band fitted in secret, but it all went wrong when a fellow patient saw me on television and rang the papers.

'Then I was pilloried for cheating, when all I had done was try to end the misery of a problem I couldn’t shift any other way.'

The French and Saunders Christmas special is due to be broadcast tomorrow, Christmas Day, on BBC Radio 2.



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