12/05/2026
Emily Atack takes aim at celebrity pressure saying 'I haven’t been to the gym in two years'. ❤️
EXCLUSIVE: Emily Atack has opened up about celebrity pressure and authenticity, saying she hasn't set foot in a gym in two years and urging those in the public eye to show a more honest side of themselves.🙏
She may be looking noticeably slimmer, but Emily Atack shrugs off pressure to be picture perfect, and shares she hasn’t set foot in a gym in two years.🥰
The Rivals star also admits she’s fed up with the façade of fame, insisting that celebrities should show a more “authentic side of themselves”.
The 36-year-old actress appeared at an event in North London alongside her friend Radio 1 DJ Greg James last month, to mark the paperback release of his memoir, All The Best For The Future. Speaking about his 1,000km Comic Relief bike ride, on which he was joined by Prince William for part of the way, Emily admitted she could never complete such a feat.
She said to Greg, “I haven’t been to the gym in two years, so I have no idea how you did that bike ride. Did you have to train constantly?”
Emily, who has 1.8 million followers on social media and is known for her honesty, says that people in the public eye should follow her lead and be more open with their fans. She said, “If you’re in the public eye and you’ve got a platform, people want to hear from you. There’s this ridiculous idea that as a celebrity you’ve got to be squeaky clean and do a ‘Holly Willoughby’. But if you’ve had a s**t morning, people want to hear from you.”