James Corden says he was afraid to go on a diet because it's "not very sexy".
James Corden
The 42-year-old presenter recently joined WW, previously known as Weight Watchers, and explained he had been reluctant to embark on a wellness journey in the past because he is a man.
Speaking in conversation with Oprah Winfrey at the WW Your Life in Focus virtual event, he said: "As a man, it's historically seen as [not] very sexy to say that you're on a diet, or it's not very manly somehow to want to make changes in your own health. Because men drink beer, and we go out, and it doesn't matter what you look like, and all those things.
"I actually think, I think it is the single most positive and sexy thing you can do to say, 'I would like to be a bit healthier. I would like to be the healthiest person to my family for my children. I would like to feel better.'"
James also praised his wife Julia Carey - with whom he has son Max, nine, and daughters Carey, six, and Charlotte, three - for supporting him on his weight-loss journey.
He said: "My wife has been incredible in this, in my whole journey with food she's been really, really amazing with me. And I've really found this past five weeks like I'm on the start of a journey that I'm determined to finish, and I feel that I can.
"I've lost 16 pounds. And I've been doing some exercise, which I hate. I just can't bare it, so I'm using the word hates. But my wife is so good at it."
Speaking about why he decided to tackle his weight this year, he said: "I really have had that feeling of like the definition of madness really isn't it to just keep doing the same thing over and over and over and expecting different results, which is never going to happen."
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