DAISY May Cooper has revealed her shock at her own appearance after a staggering weight loss while filming her hit BBC Comedy.
The second season of Am I Being Unreasonable? will return to our screens in just a few days.
Daisy May was shocked at how much her appearance has changed since season 1[/caption]
The second season of Am I Being Unreasonable? will return to our screens in just a few days[/caption]
Daisy May Cooper and her brother Charlie on the hit comedy show This Country[/caption]
In the show, Daisy plays Nic, a mum stuck in a depressing marriage grieving a loss she can’t share with anyone.
Selin Hizli plays Jen who arrives in Nic’s life as a kindred spirit and school mum, but both are concealing secrets.
Season 2 will begin where Series 1 ended and the synopsis asks the question: “Has Daisy May Cooper’s Nic actually got away with murder, and has she has raised her son Ollie in her own murky footsteps?
It continues: “Kicked out of the family home for brotherly love – loving the wrong brother – Nic is reduced to sharing a caravan with her not so trustworthy best friend Jen.
“Nic’s husband Dan has taken up roller-blading to channel his mid-life crisis.
“Shunned at the school gates and cast as the witch at the school re-enactment, Nic is experiencing hallucinations. Or is someone playing tricks on her?”
Daisy May is reunited with her co-star and co-creator Selin, as well as key cast members including Lenny Rush and Dustin Demri-Burns.
Speaking to The Sun TV Magazine, Daisy May reflected on how she looked in the previous series and said: “It was a bit mad as since we filmed the last series and this series.
“I’ve had my lips done and lost about ten stone so in those flashbacks, we were just killing ourselves laughing as we don’t even look the same people. But it was fun.”
Despite facing abuse when she revealed her slimmer figure in 2017, Daisy has continued to show off her remarkable weight loss this year.
She admitted that she opted for the keto diet which involves low carb, high fat meals.
Daisy told Grazia Magazine: “I’ve had some messages like, “Well, now you’ve lost the weight you’re not funny any more.” What the f***? Why do women have to be f***ing fat to be funny?”
“That makes me so angry. I champion anybody. I think everybody should be happy with their body. But I wasn’t.”
Charlie Cooper, Daisy May’s real life brother, is also set to make an appearance in the new series of Am I Being Unreasonable?
Best BBC comedies
We look back at some of the best to ever grace the screen.
Fawlty Towers (1975-1979) – Only two series were made of the beloved institution. However, the cultural impact of the series starring John Cleese and Connie Booth spans decades. It follows rude and intolerant Basil Fawlty (Cleese) as he attempts to improve the reputation of his hotel.
Only Fools and Horses (1981-2003) – The show was crowned by some as the best British sitcom of all time by a TV poll in 2004. Seven series were broadcast on BBC until 1991 with additional sporadic Christmas specials airing until 2003. Sir David Jason starred as ambitious market trader Derek “Del Boy” Trotter whilst Nicholas Lyndhurst played his younger half-brother Rodney. Set in working-class Peckham in south-east London, it follows the highs and lows of the lives of the Trotters’, in particular their brazen attempts to get rich.
Blackadder (1983 – 1989) – Four series were made of the iconic show, created by Richard Curtis and Rowan Atkinson. Each series spans a different historical period as anti-hero Edmund Blackadder (Atkinson) tries to better himself in each society. Accompanied by his dogsbody Baldrick (Tony Robinson), trouble always ensues. A TV poll in 2004 found that Blackadder was voted the second-best British sitcom of all time
Absolutely Fabulous (1992 – 2012) – Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley star as failing PR guru Edina ‘Eddie’ Monsoon and alcoholic fashionista Patsy Stone. The pair embark on heavy-drinking sessions and abuse drugs in a desperate attempt to stay ‘hip’. Eddie constantly chases bizarre fads and fails to lose weight whilst her disappointed and neglected daughter Saffy (Julia Sawalha) looks on.
Little Britain (2003 – 2006) – The premise is simple. A sketch show which features different British people from all walks of life that are engaged in all sorts of comical scenarios. Starring Matt Lucas and David Walliams, the pair created iconic pop culture characters. Viewers loved obnoxious council estate teenager Vicky Pollard, morbidly obese scrounger Bubbles Devere, slimming coach Marjorie Dawes, despondent office worker Carol Beer, disgraced politician Sir Norman Fry, of course the iconic Lou and Andy!
The Catherine Tate Show (2004-2015) – A sketch show starring the likes of Catherine Tate. She made iconic characters such as rowdy schoolgirl Lauren Cooper with her line ‘Am I bovvered?’. Other characters featured Bernie the nurse, the aga saga woman, complaining couple Janice and Ray, and of course her infamous ‘Nan’, Joannie Taylor. The last character herself spawned multiple specials and even a movie.
Gavin and Stacey (2007 – Present) The series tells the story of Gavin (Matthew Horne) and Stacey (Joanna Page). The pair embarked on an online and telephone romance for six months. But when they finally decide to be together properly, their friends and family get in the way. Ruth Jones and James Corden created the beloved show, which has been going for over a decade. The 2019 Christmas special was the most-watched comedy in 17 years and the most-viewed non-sporting event in a decade.
His role is still under wraps but did Daisy May force him to take part in the show?
“The funny thing is we share the same agent – and the same mum – so you can’t exactly say no!
“I had to put him in a mullet. The funny thing is, actually, he kept dropping the accent – he’s not very good at a Dutch accent.”
She explained how because of that, she had to rewrite the script for him and make it out that he wasn’t really Dutch.
She elaborated with a laugh: “So we had to try to write that in later on, that he’s not really f***ing Dutch, just because he’s bad at the accent!”
When asked if it was a laugh having her brother on set Daisy May joked: “I don’t know. I’m doing him a favour I think, I’m more successful.
“No, it was fine. How is he? Have you seen him?
“No, he was amazing! I mean, he’s always f***ing funny, you can see him in those Argos adverts as that f***ing dinosaur – they’ve really f***ng strung that out, haven’t they?
For the full interview please make sure you pick up your free copy of the The Sun TV Mag at the weekend.
Daisy May was angered about the abuse she received from trolls about her weight loss[/caption]
Am I Being Unreasonable airs Wednesday 5th February at 930pm on BBC One and BBCIplayer.
