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'You should be able to call people fat': Mr Motivator says people take criticism about their weight 'too personally' if they are told to get in shape as he says Brits have 'become lazy'

The fitness fanatic, 71, who featured on GMTV throughout the 1990s, said back then you could 'prod' someone's belly and tell them they needed to shape up.

But Mr Motivator thinks that people now take criticism about their weight 'too personally', despite the fact levels of diabetes and obesity have 'gone through the roof'. Born Derrick Evans and known for his unitards and colourful spandex outfits, Mr Motivator said levels of diabetes and obesity have 'gone through the roof' because Brits spend too much time in front of the TV. 'It's gone through the roof because people have become lazy, we spend too much time in front of the television, we don't actually think about the fact that we're a wonderful specimen and we need to look after that.

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