Ground Force star Tommy Walsh, 66, shocks Pointless viewers with slim appearance

He revealed in March that he had recovered from throat cancer.

And on Saturday night, Tommy Walsh, 66, stunned viewers of Celebrity Pointless with his lean appearance.

The Ground Force star wore a burgundy polo shirt and straight-cut jeans when he appeared on the game show’s New Year’s Eve special.

Wow! On Saturday night, Tommy Walsh, 66, stunned viewers of Celebrity Pointless with his slimmed-down look.

Tommy appeared in the celebrity addition of Pointless alongside Tim Key, Alex Horne, Eboni Usoro-Brown, Sharron Davies, Rhea Bailey, Diarmuid Gavin and Natalie Jamieson.

And viewers were quick to take to social media to note how differently the gardening expert looks after losing a significant amount of weight.

One person tweeted: “Damn Tommy Walsh has lost a lot of weight #nonsense celebs.”

Another enthusiastic fan of the show wrote: “Glad to see Tommy Walsh back on our screens.”

Looking good: The Ground Force star wore a burgundy polo shirt and straight-cut jeans when he appeared on the game show’s New Year’s Eve special.

In March 2022, Tommy revealed that he had recovered from throat cancer when he lent his celebrity status to raise the profile of an NHS campaign encouraging cancer checks.

He recalled: ‘I went to my GP for an unrelated problem and while there he discovered a lump in his throat which worried him a bit.

“He said it might not be anything, but he’d rather I go and get checked out and unfortunately it turned out to be cancerous.”

I had to go in right away and have surgery to remove it. Now I am fully recovered and I am even playing football again!

‘If something in your body doesn’t feel right, contact your GP and book an appointment. Whatever the outcome, the NHS is here to help.

Fan Reactions: Viewers were quick to take to social media to note how differently the gardening expert looks after losing a significant amount of weight.

TV star: In March 2022, Tommy revealed that he had recovered from throat cancer when he lent his celebrity status to an NHS campaign encouraging cancer screenings the photo of 2012)

In 2002, Tommy suffered a breast cancer scare when he found two lumps in his chest.

The father of three immediately sought medical attention and although his doctor said it was probably nothing, Tommy was sent to investigate the lumps.

The television builder said Mirror at the time: ‘I was being a bit type about the whole thing. I just dove into my work and then went to day surgery where the lumps were removed under general anesthesia.

“It was only then that I realized that this could be really serious and that I could have breast cancer, just like my relatives.”

Fortunately for Tommy, test results showed the bumps to be benign, but he confessed that it was “sort of a wake-up call.”

Tommy found fame when he joined the BBC gardening show Ground Force with Alan Titchmarsh in 1997.

Back in the day: Tommy found fame when he joined the BBC’s TV gardening show Ground Force with Alan Titchmarsh in 1997 (pictured 2002)