But Kay<\/a>, who looked in great health during TV appearances last week, admitted in between his usual gags, he has been serious about wanting to lose weight for some time. When Sara asked if he ever tried to lose weight, Kay, 52, replied: \u201cOnly for the first 48 years of my life. Yeah, I had to eventually, because you start thinking about your health and things like that, don’t you? But I tried everything, flaming weight loss groups. I did quite well at one point.\u201d<\/p>\n Recalling a moment when his diet slipped on a night out with wife Susan in 2000, he added: \u201cI once went watching Green Mile with Susan at cinema in Bolton. And it’s three hours, Green Mile. It were a Sunday night, it were packed, and we were sat up back row.<\/p>\n \u201cBut I was sat there, and I thought, well, I fancy hotdog. So I said ‘Susan, I’m going to toilet’. So I nipped out, went down, bought a hotdog and I were doing really well on this diet. I had this hotdog and I am shoving it in because I had said that I had gone for a wee and caught a glimpse of myself. I thought ‘look at you, you should be ashamed of yourself’ and I threw the rest of it in the bin. And just as it was about to hit the bin liner I grabbed it and had another bite!<\/p>\n \u201cAnyway, I went back in and ran up and sat back down and said \u2018what have I missed?\u2019. She said \u2018you have had a hotdog\u2019 and I said \u2018I have not\u2019 and she said \u2018I can smell it on your breath\u2019. That’s how bad it were honest to God.<\/p>\n \u201cI used to do fitness. My mum had a fitness video once of Rosemary Connolly. Remember them? And I put it on once and I were in the back room, trying to get my breath. And I were wet through and sweaty. And she said \u2018now that we’ve warmed up’, I thought, warmed up?!<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then I joined a gym in Bolton, I joined David Lloyd. And you think, right, and then you do weights. And then I went to pool because it’s easier. You know why I stopped going? Men just talking to you naked.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then I went to high energy aerobics on a Monday night. High energy and everyone would grab a mat. I used to be at the back with a two-litre bottle of Tizer. And then I joined an old school gym under some arches at central Manchester, and a lad ran this gym he had me pulling a tyre outside. Honestly it were awful I used tell him I needed a wee and I’d go and sit in toilet and sob because it were like proper old school.\u201d<\/p>\n Bolton born Kay\u2019s stand up tour has been extended yet again<\/a>, and for the final shows next year proceeds from his Better Late Than Never shows will go to 12 cancer charities. “Unfortunately, everybody knows someone who’s been affected on that list [of 12 charities] and I just hope people support it,” Kay said last week.<\/p>\n On Radio 2 he was also asked about his comedy heroes by Sara<\/a> and told how one of them was unwell at the moment. He explained: \u201cI have been really lucky because I have met them all. I met Ronnie Barker. I\u2019d always absolutely adored Porridge, used to watch Porridge. Oh. Anyway, I wrote to him, and he wrote back. I mentioned I loved Porridge, and I\u2019d said how much it meant to me.<\/p>\n “One day, this letter came, and it said \u2018prison\u2019, and I thought \u2018who\u2019s written to me from prison?\u2019 And I opened it, and it was Her Majesty\u2019s Prison Slade, and he\u2019d written to me in character as Norman Fletcher….and he wrote this two-page letter all about being in prison.<\/p>\n “And I met Billy Connolly as well. I still keep in touch with Billy Connolly now and he\u2019s not so good now, but he would still message and that. I think a lot of comedians in this country would not be doing what they did if it weren\u2019t for him. I think so much of it is influenced by him, heavily. Amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n * Peter Kay’s Diary: The Monthly Memoir Of a Boy From Bolton is out now, Sara Cox is on Radio 2 on weekdays 4-7pm.<\/p>\n Like this story? For more of the latest showbiz news and gossip, follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok <\/a>, Snapchat <\/a>, Instagram <\/a>, Twitter <\/a>, Facebook <\/a>, YouTube <\/a>and Threads <\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Peter](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/2_Screenshot-2025-11-28-at-100436.jpg\")
Peter Kay has been speaking to Sara Cox<\/p>\n![\"Peter](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_Billy-Joel-And-Peter-Kay-Perform-At-Croke-Park-In-Dublin.jpg\")
Peter Kay’s tour will continue well into 2026(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n