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Vanessa Feltz Says Gallbladder Removal Changed Her Personality

Her rare admission on Katherine Ryan's podcast connects years of weight loss to surgery’s aftermath.

Overview

  • Feltz told Katherine Ryan’s What’s My Age Again? podcast that losing her gallbladder has “affected my whole personality.”
  • She recalled shedding a large amount of weight in 2008 through strict diet and exercise and suggested rapid weight loss can strain the gallbladder, citing recent reports about weight‑loss injections.
  • Her treatment history includes a gastric band in 2010 that was later removed due to complications and a gastric bypass in 2019.
  • She described herself as “single but reluctantly” after a 2023 split from fiancé Ben Ofoedu following her discovery that he had cheated.
  • She said being Jewish in the UK now feels far more stressful because reported antisemitic incidents have risen, and she fears being judged or excluded for her background.