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\nBy
\nLiz Thomas<\/a>
Last updated at 12:31 AM on 13th April 2011<\/p>\n

She may be half the woman she was but Fern Britton showed viewers that her dramatic weight loss has given her a new lease of life. <\/span><\/p>\n

The 53-year-old surprised viewers on her Channel 4 tea-time show by dropping to the floor to perform the splits. <\/span><\/p>\n

Dressed in a figure-hugging red dress and fishnet tights, she kicked off her shoes to perform the gymnastic feat.<\/span><\/p>\n


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\n\"Flexible:<\/p>\n

Flexible: Fern Britton stunned viewers of her Channel 4 teatime show when she dropped to the floor and performed the splits after a segment on Britain’s Got Talent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Miss Britton had been hosting a feature on the forthcoming series of Britain\u2019s Got Talent when she decided to show of her own special skill.<\/span><\/p>\n

Most women half her age would struggle to do the splits but the star delivered the move with aplomb. <\/span><\/p>\n

The presenter dropped from a size 22 after having a gastric band fitted in 2006 and is now a size 14-16.<\/span><\/p>\n

The surgery involves fitting an inflatable silicone ring around the top of the stomach to create a small pouch so that the patient feels fuller quicker, and consequently eats less.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Half the woman: Fern, seen left in 2006, has lost an astonishing amount of weight since having a gastric band fitted<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

She also lost weight by undertaking a new exercise regime which sees her cycle and power walk.<\/span><\/p>\n

There was controversy when critics accused her of failing to mention the gastric band and only crediting her diet and exercise when her weight loss began to be noticeable.<\/span><\/p>\n

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New lease of life: Fern also showed off her slim figure on the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special in December<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Miss Britton said in a recent interview with the Daily Mail: \u2018I had the gastric band for health reasons. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018My cholesterol was high. My knee joints were starting to hurt. I wasn\u2019t able to run. I was approaching 50 and I thought: \u201cDo you know what? I\u2019m going to be different when I\u2019m 50.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018I was cycling like mad and nothing was happening. My GP said I was a good candidate for a band, so I went ahead. I needed to get healthy. I wasn\u2019t unhappy the way I was; I was unhealthy. I\u2019d been recovering from having children, having a divorce, all those emotional things.\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n

The mother of four \u2013 she has two sons from her first marriage, twins Jack and Harry, 17, and two daughters for her second marriage to TV chef Phil Vickery, Gracie, 13, and Winnie, nine, – said that turning 50 inspired her to make a change in her lifestyle.<\/span><\/p>\n

She said: \u2018Maybe eating was a self-comfort. Up to my 50s, I\u2019d had people to please. Then you get to the stage where you go, \u201cActually, I don\u2019t need to please any of you any more. I\u2019m not breast-feeding. I\u2019m not pregnant. My body\u2019s my own and I\u2019ve only got myself to concentrate on, so I\u2019m going to do that.\u201d It was wonderful. <\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018For me it\u2019s worked. I\u2019ve got good cholesterol now. I\u2019m incredibly fit. I\u2019m the same size I was at 24. I can do the splits.\u2019 <\/span><\/p>\n

Miss Britton has had a mixed response to her new weekday tea-time show with ratings not as high as Channel 4 executives hoped. <\/span><\/p>\n

The series is halfway through its month\u2019s trial but averaged just 970,000 viewers in the tough 5pm slot \u2013 behind all its terrestrial rivals. <\/span><\/p>\n

It was beaten by BBC1\u2019s Weakest Link, ITV\u2019s Britain\u2019s Best Dish, BBC2\u2019s Escape To The Country and Five\u2019s Neighbours, which all pulled in more than a million viewers.<\/span><\/p>\n

In July 2009, Miss Britton left This Morning, which she had co-hosted with Phillip Schofield for a decade, amid reports she was annoyed to discover he was paid \u00a345,000 compared to her \u00a315,000 for presenting All Star Mr & Mrs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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