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Opening up about their wedding celebrations, he said it was a “real mixture of Indian and British culture”. Revealing his hidden talent, which became part of his big day, he once told The Guardian: “I played a few rock ‘n’ roll songs. I sang and played bass, on the grounds that I was the worst guitarist of the three of us. Let’s just say the crowd was on our side,” he said in a previous interview with The Guardian.
Unlike her famous husband, Lisa is not in the public eye and not much is known about her job. However, Krishnan recently revealed his wife inspired him do Strictly after “being asked for years”.
He said that following his 53rd birthday in April he realised he could no longer be what he describes as “overweight and unattractive” – while Lisa was “looking hot” after transforming her own fitness by joining a rowing club and running 10 miles every other day.
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Since then he has lost nearly three stone and now needs seven fewer holes to do his trouser belt up – and his wife isn’t complaining. He told MailOnline: “My wife is enjoying that I am a little bit lighter than I was. In a way, I’ve been trying to keep up with her… I think she’s pleased I have started pulling myself together, getting fitter and looking a bit more presentable.
“I am a bit obsessed with being overweight and unattractive. My wife has never talked in those terms, but she has always talked about me being healthy. Women in their 50s are looking amazing and my wife and her friends are all looking amazing, so men have become insecure about having hot wives.”
He continued: “I think that’s not necessarily a bad thing if men pull themselves together because their wives are looking hotter than they are – if you get in that situation where all the women are looking good and all the men are overweight and beer bellies. I think you get yourself into a position where you give up and think it’s fine. I just reached that stage.”
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