TV host Susie Elelman encourages people to get Botox if they’re not happy with how they look
VETERAN television host Susie Elelman is all for Botox, and lots of it. But the 63-year-old says she will never go under the knife for more serious cosmetic procedures. She also called out food manufacturers for hiding sugar in their products.
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VETERAN television host Susie Elelman is all for Botox, and lots of it. But the 63-year-old says she will never go under the knife for more serious cosmetic procedures.
“Plastic surgery scares the living daylights out of me,” the Studio 10 presenter she said.
“I would hope I never have to go under the knife.
“I don’t class Botox as plastic surgery. Botox is fabulous and in fact I encourage everyone to have Botox.
“I think anyone should have Botox if they feel that when they look in the mirror that they are not happy with what they see.”
Elelman will this month release her new book, Still Half My Size, which comes 13 years after her last book, Half My Size.
Happily a size 12, Elelman recalls the years of pressure she’s felt at living life in the public eye. At her heaviest, she was a dress size 22 and weighed more than 130kg.
“I am one of the very few women who has survived in television being extremely overweight,” she said. “I am not now, but I have been morbidly obese.”
Elelman, also a seasoned radio veteran, doesn’t own scales as she found the pressure unhealthy.
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“I don’t know how much I weigh now,” the self-confessed “emotional eater” said. “I only take my waist measurement now. It has been a rocky road. I haven’t been a size 12 the whole time but I have never got to a size 22 again.”
Controversially, Elelman called out food manufacturers for hiding the amount of sugar they use in products. She believes food packaging should have warnings regarding sugar content. The World Health Organisation suggests six teaspoons of sugar a day is healthy.
“Big food companies are making us addicted to sugar,” she said.
“They are killing us. There is hidden sugar in everything and we are becoming addicted to them. Food should be treated the same as cigarettes and alcohol and should have a warning label. There should be a label with how much fat, how much sugar, and how much salt exceeds the recommended daily dose on these packets of food.”