Matt Lucas showcased his incredible weight loss in a navy blue suit as he attended the Gladiator 2 premiere on Wednesday.

The comedian and actor, 50, who recently dropped from a size XXXL to an medium, put on a sophisticated display as he stepped out in a tailored two-piece ensemble.

He layered his suit over a crisp white shirt and a navy blue tie, patterned with a fun multi-coloured square design. 

The star completed the ensemble with a pair of black shiny suit shoes and frameless spectacles as he showed off his slimmed down frame. 

Back in 2022, Matt revealed how his family’s concerning medical history made him change his eating habits and become more conscious about his weight.

Matt Lucas showcased his incredible weight loss in a navy blue suit at the Gladiator 2 premiere on Wednesday after he dropped from size XXXL to M 

The star pictured pre weight loss in 2018 

Matt was just 22 when his father unexpectedly pᴀssed away at the age of 52, something he says was a much-needed wake-up call as he got older.

Appearing on sports presenter Gabby Logan’s podcast at the time, he said: ‘I’m 48, my dad died when he was 52, very suddenly, his dad died I think at 56 so I was looking at the law of averages here.

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‘I was very big and I was getting bigger in the pandemic actually. 

‘Sort of not being very active, not really going out, not seeing people, just eating a lot of roast potatoes. I can’t tell you how many roast potatoes I ate!’

He said this realisation caused him to lose weight, but the comic said he felt like he needed to do more exercise and become fitter nonetheless.

He added: ‘I was so big I couldn’t really fit on screen anymore. The thing is if you’re big, and by the way I’ve still got a proper tummy, I’m not skinny, by any means, I’ve just lost some weight…

‘I’ve gone from maybe an XXL, sometimes I was an XXXL, down to a medium now I think. Although medium is sometimes big on me and sometimes it’s small on me…

‘The one thing I need to do is get fitter, I have put on a little bit of weight, that’s my next challenge to do a bit more exercise. 

The comedian and actor, 50, cut a sophisticated look as he stepped out in a tailored two-piece ensemble

He layered his suit over a crisp white shirt and a thin navy blue tie, which featured a fun multi-coloured square design

The actor ditched his unhealthy lifestyle in a bid to shed some weight after piling on the pounds during lockdown (pictured left in 2005 and right in 2022)

The star completed the ensemble with a pair of black shiny suit shoes and frameless spectacles as he showed off his slimmed down frame 

In 2022, Matt revealed how his family’s concerning medical history made him change his eating habits and become more conscious about his weight

He previously said: ‘I’m 48, my dad died when he was 52, very suddenly, his dad died I think at 56 so I was looking at the law of averages here’

He said this realisation caused him to lose weight, but the comic said he felt like he needed to do more exercise and become fitter nonetheless

‘I might have to make a game of it when I go out and exercise to stay out of people’s way. I don’t have a garden so I have to find a way to do that.’ 

In April 2020, Matt admitted that he was keen to ‘get fitter’ during his time in lockdown, after feeling he had ‘put on a little bit of weight’.

He said: ‘The one thing I need to do is get fitter, I have put on a little bit of weight, that’s my next challenge to do a bit more exercise.

‘I might have to make a game of it when I go out an exercise to stay out of people’s way. I don’t have a garden so I have to find a way to do that.’

The funnyman was previously told to reduce his daily calorie intake to 1,500 by doctors over fears he may develop diabetes.