Overview
- In the BBC Radio 2 chat with Sara Cox, Kay said he had been trying to lose weight for most of his life and decided to change course for health reasons.
- He said he “tried everything,” citing Slimming World, WeightWatchers, gym memberships, aerobics classes and home fitness videos.
- Kay shared vivid setbacks, including sneaking out of a cinema to eat a hotdog during a diet and sobbing in the toilets at a tough, old‑school gym.
- The appearance promoted his October release, Peter Kay’s Diary: The Monthly Memoir of a Boy from Bolton, recorded at The Lowry and broadcast on December 1.
- He has extended his Better Late Than Never tour into 2026 and said proceeds from its final shows will support 12 cancer charities, while noting Billy Connolly is “not so good now.”