James Jordan says he's got a 'new wife' after he and Ola underwent huge transformation
James and Ola Jordan were once professional dancers on Strictly with enviable figures - but years later, after the pounds piled on, the pair became unhappy.
James Jordan underwent a massive health transformation with his wife Ola after they lost their Strictly figures while caring for their young daughter. Ola had always said she'd leave the BBC show once she had kids - but she may not have anticipated just how much her figure would change after foregoing her usual workout routines.
Talking in a new Instagram video, the pair admitted: "We felt amazing after losing weight." James cheekily added: "I felt like I had a new wife, it was brilliant - and I get in trouble for saying things like that!"
Ola laughed off his comments, chuckling: "I felt like I had a new husband [too]!" She had gone from size 14 to size 8 after the fitness transformation, while the pair lost over six stone between them in just a few months.
Their website Dance Shred has now launched to help others make the same changes. Talking of the struggles he went through when at his least healthy, James recalled: "I remember one day going to tie my shoelaces and getting this reflux, so clearly there were things going on in my body that weren't healthy.
"I wasn't agile, I struggled with certain things - I had to sit down to put my shoes on. I just feel a lot more healthy [now]." He added that he once suffered with "brain fog", before cheekily ribbing his wife and claiming that her version of the problem was "blonde fog".
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James Jordan says he got a 'new wife' after Ola's weight loss
He continued: "I used to honestly genuinely have brain fog. When I lost weight and got healthy, all of that went away, so it does make a difference. Being healthy does make you feel better.
"Moving releases endorphins, dancing itself releases endorphins so it makes you feel good when you work out - and a lot of the things we were suffering with kind of disappeared, didn't they?"
Ola nodded in joyful agreement as they reflected on how far they'd come.
She had previously told Closer magazine that losing almost four stone had reignited her sex life too, prompting her to put the "Bridget Jones pants" away "once and for all".
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She added triumphantly: "I'm wearing sexy undies again and feeling so much better about my body. James can barely keep up with me!"
He had also caused a stir by telling Fabulous magazine that he fancies Ola more at her smaller size, claiming: "Most men prefer their wives fit and healthy."
Meanwhile, Ola entered the headlines this week due to claims resurfacing that she may have "bullied" explorer Steve Backshall when they were partnered on Strictly over a decade ago.
James laughed off the claims on Instagram today, reposting an amusing fan comment saying: "@The_OlaJordan stands 5'4" tall and weighs the same as a Pringle packet, she can reduce hardened explorers to tears. She's the dance floor assassin @bbcstrictly and we need a fund me page for poor @The_JamesJordan who must live in terror daily."
James jokingly added a distressed face emoji and the words: "Please!!! Someone help me!"
