Lee Ryan says training for Strictly Come Dancing has helped him give up alcohol.
The Blue singer and EastEnders star, who went to rehab in 2014 after a drink-driving arrest, said the show has already changed his life and he has been helped by his professional dance partner Nadiya Bychkova.
He also said he was annoyed by speculation about his relationship with happily-engaged Nadiya, following paparazzi pictures that showed him holding her hand.
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He told the Press Association: “If anything I’ve lost a lot of weight, I haven’t weighed myself but my clothes feel massively different and I just feel great.
“I’ve stopped drinking, I’m on the wagon. It’s good, though, because I have in the past dabbled and struggled and gone to rehab and stuff so I’ve just decided that drink is not good for me and it’s a really good thing (quitting).
“Nadiya really helped, she turned around and said ‘you should just knock it on the head’.
“Everyone has a strand of DNA and mine says ‘I can’t have just one’. I feel amazing for it (stopping drinking).”
He added: “Idle hands make the devil’s work and it’s good to be busy.
“I don’t have time, I couldn’t do this on a hangover, I want this opportunity to be fit, healthy, focused.
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