Taskmaster’s Greg Davies has revealed he used the weight-loss drug Ozempic, and that it left him experiencing unexpected side effects.
The 6 ft 6 inch comedian is famed for his imposing physique, but admitted in a new interview that he attempted to shrink his size using Ozempic, one of the many brands of weight-loss drug currently flooding the market.
“Three stone fell off me,” Davies told The Times. “But I didn’t really like it, it made me a bit gaunt.”
He added that he came off the drug, only to put the lost weight back on. However, he also revealed an unexpected side effect to using it.
“My appetite’s never gone back to the way it was,” he said. “I can’t ram things in the way I used to.”
Davies is today (Sunday 10 May) presenting the annual Bafta Television Awards, which will be broadcast on BBC One shortly after it takes place at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London.
“I see the whole event as an opportunity to wave a flag for this beloved medium and, with the exception of one commissioner, two execs and a co-star that I have personal beef with, I will do everything I can to ensure it’s a night of warm celebration for all,” Davies joked in a statement as his gig was announced.
The Netflix drama Adolescence leads this year’s nominations with 11 in total, with star Stephen Graham widely expected to pick up the Best Actor gong. Other series nominated this year include Film Club, Trespasses and Celebrity Traitors, which has scored five nods including Best Reality Series and Best Entertainment Performance for host Claudia Winkleman.
The Bafta Television Awards arrives three months after the Bafta Film Awards erupted in controversy after the BBC failed to cut from the pre-recorded broadcast uncontrollable racist slurs made by Tourette Syndrome activist John Davidson in the direction of Sinners actors Michael B Jordan and Delroy Lindo.
The ceremony’s presenter Alan Cumming this week revealed that he refused to speak to Bafta leaders after the show, describing the incident as the product of “bad leadership”.
In the same interview with The Times, Davies declined to talk specifically about the incident.
“I don’t know what happened there but I’m sure they’ve got it in hand [for the Bafta Television Awards] so that everybody has a nice time,” he said. “I don’t anticipate there’ll be any surprises but if there are, we’ll be fine, we’ll roll with it.”
