The colour of love: Dawn French moves away from her all-black attire in a dress adorned with bright and bold hearts

By Georgina Littlejohn


What a sweetheart: Dawn French added a splash of colour to her black dress which was adorned with lots of brightly coloured love hearts

Every women knows that black is very slimming and can hide a multitude of sins.

But ever since she lost eight stone, Dawn French has played it safe in the dark colour, even on her gorgeous slimline new frame.

But today, the comedienne added a splash of colour and proved she was a real sweetheart as she arrived for the live TV interview.


Dawn looked very cute in a black dress which had been decorated with multi-coloured love hearts all over.

She beamed for the cameras as she took her seat on the This Morning sofa for a chat with hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield.

She spoke about her weight loss, kissing Michael Buble and working with Simon Cowell - which she said was still a mystery to her.

No more weight loss talk, please! Dawn told hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield that she was bored with people talking about her new slimline figure

Cowell recently spoke to the Daily Mail and said he would love Dawn to host a new cookery show that he is developing.

Dawn said: 'I found out about it in the press just as you did. I know there's a show he wants to do and I am going to talk to him about it, but I haven't yet, so I don't know.'

Her leading men: Dawn laughed as she spoke about kissing Michael Buble and teaming up with Simon Cowell for a new project

Another leading man for her is Michael Buble, who she kissed on his Christmas show Home For Christmas last year.

She said: 'How lovely was that? Wouldn't you like to get that call "would you like to kiss Michael under the mistletoe"? As a job! Wow! I'd have paid him!

'We get on very well, and he said "I've always wanted to work with you and I'd like to do some comedy", so I said "if you are honest about that, I will invent something for us to do". So that's what I'm doing at the moment!'

Rock chick: Dawn looked very chic in her denim jacket and biker boots as she arrived for a radio interview

She also opened up about her weight loss, as she had already done this week to a women's magazine, and admitted that while she looked and felt better, she missed her larger self.

She said: 'I kind of do because I did like myself, I've never disliked myself in any way and the weight has nothing to do with my self esteem... so I'm used to that old body, I know how it works, I know how it moves, and I'm less used to this newer one. That's all it is really.'

The comedienne and the crooner: Dawn appeared alongside Michael Buble - and kissed him - on his festive show Home For Christmas last year

Holly asked her if she was now bored of everyone talking about her dramatic weight loss and Dawn replied: 'Yeah I do! Well I suppose I've always thought that that isn't really what mattered, and yet by losing all this weight I realise that for a lot of people that is all that matters and that's really sad.

'And I refuse to dislike the old body and you know, I may have it again you never know!'

In demand: Simon Cowell, seen here at the BGT London auditions yesterday, said he would love Dawn to front a new show he is developing



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'I was scared for my health': Dawn French reveals reasons behind her four-and-a-half stone weight loss

By Sarah Bull


'I had ballooned up': Dawn French has revealed she was prompted into losing weight for health reasons


She stunned fans earlier this month when she stepped out looking noticeably slimmer.

And now Dawn French has revealed the reasons behind her astonishing four-and-a-half stone weight loss.

The 53-year-old comedienne told Phillip Schofield and Jenni Falconer on This Morning today that she had been prompted into shedding the pounds for health reasons.

Honesty: Dawn told Phillip Schofield and Jenni Falconer on This Morning today she has lost an astonishing four-and-a-half stone


She said: 'I think when you're over 50 you have to pay attention to your health a bit.

'I want to be there for my kid and I've got quite a lot of exciting adventures that I want to do.

'I had just ballooned up more than i had wanted to but you can always address it. You just have to eat less and walk more - that's what I'm doing.'

However, Dawn added she had been stunned by the reaction after she showed off her new figure at the Glamour Women of the Year awards at the beginning of the month.

Shrinking woman: Dawn looked slimmer as she arrived at the 2011 Glamour Women of the Year Awards in Berkeley Square, London, at the beginning of the month

Weight loss: The self-confessed chocaholic has slimmed down, left, compared to this time last year, right, not long after her split from her husband at the time, Lenny Henry


She said: 'I never really care much about what the shell is and everybody is much more interested in it than me. And I'm quite surprised about that.'

Dawn, who split from husband Lenny Henry in April 2010, also spoke about her dating life and admitted she is enjoying being a single woman once again.

She said: 'Who knows what will happen with me? I've been married for such a long time so the last thing I want is to be at the moment is to be in a great big relationship.

Summer style: Dawn arrived at the ITV studios today wearing a pretty floral dress and black leggings


'So I'm doing the opposite to what I've done for the last thirty years and just taking life as it comes.

It's good, it's exciting and quite frightening in a way, but good frightening. every day is a new thing. Quite a lot of new things that haven't happened to me before are happening and I'm relishing it.

'Even the word dating I just find repulsive because suddenly it makes me feel like a teenager and I'm not a teenager. I can't even think about it in those terms but I'm having some fun, that's what I'm doing.'

Back on the market: Dawn said she is dating again but finding things a bit daunting after splitting from husband Lenny Henry last year


Dawn was on the show to promote the paperback release of her first novel, A Tiny Bit Marvellous.

And she told Schofield and Falconer that she is already halfway through her second book, and having to turn down television work to concentrate on her writing.

She said: 'I'm halfway through my second novel now and I'm longing to get back to it. I cut it off in order to come up to London to make Roger & Val series two which I just finished making on Friday.

'So I just feel like I want to get back down to Cornwall and get on with that book!'


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