Fatima Whitbread lands 'This Morning' fitness expert gig
Published Dec 31 2011, 10:07 GMT | By Colin Daniels
Fatima Whitbread has reportedly been hired as This Morning's new fitness expert.The former Olympic athlete, who finished third in this year's I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!, will host Fatima's Fat Fight on the ITV1 daytime show from Thursday.
The segment will see Whitbread help four obese volunteers get back into shape over a 12-week period, with Dr Chris Steele and Amanda Hamilton helping along the way.
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A show source told The Mirror: "Fatima has 12 weeks to help the overweight This Morning fans - and the hope is people at home will join in. It could lead to a whole new career. Producers have already dubbed her Mrs Motivator."
This Morning's editor Adam Vandermark added: "Fatima showed us her steely toughness on I'm A Celebrity, so she is the ideal person to get our four overweight viewers back into shape."
Whitbread recently admitted that her stint on I'm A Celebrity helped her to find herself again.
great news for her. I don't watch the show so don't know what days/times her slot would be (and I'm not going to watch the whole show waiting for news) so I really do hope she gets a fitness DVD out of it that I can get and do at my leisure....
January 2nd 2012 at 9:21am
I love Fatima. I got such a David Brent vibe from her on IACGMOOH.
January 1st 2012 at 7:34pm
I really like her and I'm glad she has this!
January 1st 2012 at 5:44pm
Hope she doesn't take her bloody cockroach with her it's getting boring. Move on Fatima.
January 1st 2012 at 11:22am
you go girl.
December 31st 2011 at 5:58pm