A colourful former paparazzi photographer who showed off his abs on the UK version of Celebrity Big Brother wants to lose 12 kilograms so can can look more sculptured.
Darryn Lyons, who did a controversial stint as the mayor of Geelong south-west of Melbourne, had fat removal surgery in 2009 to achieve a washboard six-pack.
However the professional celebrity photographer, famous for revealing his abdomen on Celebrity Big Brother in 2011, says his 92 kilogram frame needs some fine tuning.
Former Geelong mayor Darryn Lyon wants to lose 12kg to get back his washboard six pack abs
The former paparazzi photographer showed off his six pack on the UK Celebrity Big Brother
‘My problem is that all the fat keeps pushing the abs out,’ he told Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday.
‘I’m looking more like a Ninja Turtle these days than a ripped, spartan specimen.’
Lyons, who spent 25 years in London, said Christmas had given him ‘a few inches’ and losing weight would be part of his New Year plan.
‘I certainly need to lose a good 10 kilos, there’s no question about it,’ he said.
The colourful entrepreneur and former mayor wants to be ‘an absolute ab specimen’ again
‘I need to lose at least 12. My ideal weight should be in the mid-70s; 80 and I would be an absolute ab speciman.’
Lyons, a 52-year-old former mayor of Geelong, is providing morale support to Melbourne’s Liberal Lord Mayor Robert Doyle, who has been accused of sexual harassment by a former female councillor.
‘Even if Robert is proven to be innocent, there’s no question he will feel personally damaged,’ he said of his friend who temporarily stepped aside in December.
‘For his family and his close friends, it’s a very upsetting time.
The former mayor (pictured on Big Brother) is acting like a big brother to Melbourne’s Lord Mayor who is accused of sexual harassment
‘When there is a sniff of this around, unfortunately people don’t realise some of the damage that they can do, whether it be true or whether it be false.’
Lyons and the Greater Geelong City Council he ran was dismissed by Victoria’s Labor government in April 2016 after a commission of inquiry found problems with bullying, conflict and economic management.
‘When you’re on a pedestal everyone wants to bring you down,’ he said.
‘Daniel Andrews and the Labor government did that to me as mayor without anything against me whatsoever – they managed to throw the book at an extremely successful mayor.’
The former London paparazzi photographer is considering running for Victorian politics
The former directly elected mayor with a mohawk, who won 30 per cent of the popular vote in 2013, is considering whether to run as a Liberal candidate at this year’s Victorian election.
‘I’d certainly be a lot better than the morons in seats at the moment and you can use that as a hashtag,’ he said.
‘There’s more to this man than the hair. I don’t think the hair would be an issue.
‘It’s not about show business, politics.’