"Chunky" Jamie Oliver hires personal trainer after criticism from fans
Jamie Oliver has hired a personal trainer to lose weight after criticism from fans during his campaign for new methods to tackle childhood obesity rates.
Nine Honey reports the celebrity chef has decided to shift the focus on himself and has reportedly made tremendous strides with the help of celebrity trainer, Jamie Sawyer.
“I will get rid of it in the next couple of months. I was always active as a kid and in pretty good nick until maybe the beginning of my 30's. And then I started to get a little bit too chunky,” he said.
Last week, Oliver sent a 13-point plan to UK Prime Minister Theresa May, outlining some ideas he had to help reduce the amount of childhood obesity in the country.
Interestingly though, his efforts have been faced with a backlash from some fans on Twitter, who labelled him the “fun police” and saw his views somewhat patronising.
Boring old Jamie Oliver banging on again about childhood obesity.. You took away our turkey twizzlers at school now you want to take away adverts on tv 😂🖕🏻 he’s defo the fun police #ThisMorning
— Bryony mackenzie (@Bryonymackenzie) April 25, 2018
Sorry Jamie Oliver, life is too short to be constantly healthy eating. I'm all for everything in moderation but trying to shield children from junk food is near enough impossible, they are entitled to a treat every now and then too. #ThisMorning
— Ry ✌️ (@ryan_mcdonagh) April 25, 2018
Jamie Oliver is a rich elitist set on making poorer families pay more for their weekly shop. No respect for this man. #ScrapTheSugarTax https://t.co/wkfoXOrNTP
— chloe westley (@LowTaxChloe) April 16, 2018
But as other users noted, it’s a complicated issue.
“I think it goes back to when the British industrial revolution happened- in comparison to the rest of Europe,” Oliver argued.
#ThisMorning I’m currently writing my dissertation on childhood obesity and I think there’s still a massive way to go before there’s progression. It’s not a simple issue, culture, environment and society all need to be considered too. @thismorning @jamieoliver
— emily lovell (@itsonly_emily) April 25, 2018
“At the heart of that is really an observation of, in my opinion, how women have been let down over the last 40 years, as women have gone to work, as the pot of tax has got bigger, because they’re working. It’s really important, that love and care, especially for children, and how to modern-day, busy, contemporary parents… how do we make their lives easier?”
What are your thoughts?