The Chase buy Mark Labbett new suit after he drops 35lbs

\'The Chase\' bosses have bought Mark Labbett a new suit after he shed 35lbs.

The 52-year-old mastermind - who weighed 378lbs last year - was rewarded by the ITV quiz show for his impressive weight loss that he\'s achieved in just six months.

In a series of tweets, the former \'Sugar Free Farm\' star shared: "#thechase lost four inches off my chest and six inches off my belly in last six months. So they have bought me a new suit for the show. First target achieved (sic)"

And replying to super-slimmer Lisa Riley, he said: "@Reallisariley I am not at your level yet but in last six months dropped 2.5 stones, four inches off chest and six inches off stomach (sic)".

Congratulating him on reaching his target, the former \'Emmerdale\' star wrote: "Mark that\'s FANTATSIC...and now you keep strong and keep going. With ZERO pressure doing it at your own pace,this is for YOU and nobody elseCHAMPION, I\'m crazy proud of you @MarkLabbett (sic)"

It\'s a huge improvement for Mark, as last year he revealed he turned down \'I\'m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!\' in 2016, because he didn\'t think the basic diet of rice and beans would be substantial enough for him.

Mark - who is known on the game show as The Beast - joked that he would probably have to resort to munching on his fellow campmates in order to live.

He said: "I\'ve been asked to do the jungle but the base calorie intake is about 700. Look at me! If I survived a week I\'d drop three stone and cannibalism would be on the cards.

"On \'Sugar Free Farm\' [which he did last year] the weight fell off me because I couldn\'t eat enough. Does \'The Chase\' need me big? Put it this way, whenever I start losing weight because I\'m doing a fitness kick of whatever, the producers go past me and hand me a second portion of pudding."