Kathryn Thomas has revealed that the celebrities on Operation Transformation this year won’t be getting any special treatment.
The RTÉ star, who will host the celebrity version of the popular weight-loss show, admitted that just because the contestants are well-known – doesn’t mean they won’t be sporting the lycra vest and shorts.
“It’s the same rule as for everybody else. You can either choose to wear your lycra belly-top or your lycra vest and shorts but they’re in the lycra for sure,” she told the Herald.
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Celebs including Elaine Crowley, Gerald Kean, Brenda Donoghue, Katherine Lynch and Karl Spain will take part in this series – and Kathryn has revealed that the group have already bonded.
“I was hoping they would be pulling the hair out of each other by now but honestly, they get on so well together and now they’ve really gelled as a group.
“I think they’re going to find real support in each other. They’re already becoming quite solid mates, so that’s good,” she said.
The 37-year-old also admitted that the group are “bricking it”, and questioning what they’ve gotten themselves into – but Kathryn reassured them that they’d find strength in the support of the public.
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“The plan starts this week, so the guys were on Miriam O’Callaghan last Saturday, absolutely bricking it, God love them. Elaine Crowley was going, ‘What have I signed up to?’
“But I was telling them, just be honest. It’s really scary at first, it’s really intimidating. You will want to back out the first two or three days and then something happens.
“You find support in the public and that brings massive energy and massive confidence. So I hope that happens with the celebs, too.
“It’s a very brave thing for them to do, to be very honest and stripped back, quite literally,” she added.
