Melanie Sykes has revealed she had her breast implants removed two months ago, she told fans in her latest YouTube video on Saturday.
The TV presenter, 54, went under the knife in 2010 after admitting she became ‘insecure about her breasts’ after the birth of her two sons Roman, 22, and Valentino, 20.
But after ten years, Melanie decided to ditch her implants and embrace her natural body.
Melanie admitted she suffered ‘deep bruising’ after suffering a complication with her pectoral muscle during surgery.
She said: ‘I had my breast implants removed about two months ago and I am now recovering from them.
‘During the operation something happened to the pectoral muscle, so that took a while [recover]There were deep bruises and it’s getting better.
Melanie Sykes, 54, has revealed she had her breast implants removed two months ago, she told fans in her latest YouTube video on Saturday
The TV presenter went under the knife in 2010 after admitting she became ‘insecure about her breasts’ after the birth of her two sons Roman, 22, and Valentino, 20.
But after ten years, Melanie decided to ditch her implants and embrace her natural body (Melanie pictured on I’m A Celeb in 2014, four years after her surgery)
‘But I’m recovering from that and all this time I’m reading, reading, reading, painting, painting, painting. I bought a lot of classical music and I’m composing, it was like physio.’
‘I have undergone a positive development. But because of my extreme sensitivity, [I have] just absolute sharpness of feeling.”
Speaking about her decision to have a breast augmentation in 2012, Melanie told MailOnline: ‘It was one of the best things she had ever done.’
She said: ‘I had a boob job two years ago and it’s one of the best things I’ve ever done. I wanted my breasts to look the same as they did in my heyday.
‘It is a very personal decision and I do not judge anyone who has chosen plastic surgery.’
In the video, Melanie also spoke out during the ongoing feud over Gregg Wallace and his sexual misconduct investigation.
Melanie previously claimed that the time she spent with MasterChef presenter Gregg on the BBC show in 2021 caused her to leave her television career behind.
Gregg, 60, has quit the BBC show after 13 people, including Newsnight presenter Kirsty Wark, accused him of ‘wrong’ and inappropriate ‘sexualised’ behavior during filming.
Melanie admitted she suffered ‘deep bruising’ after suffering a complication with her pectoral muscle during surgery
In the video, Melanie also spoke out during the ongoing feud over Gregg Wallace and his sexual misconduct investigation
The star previously claimed that the time she spent with MasterChef presenter Gregg on the BBC show in 2021 caused her to leave her television career behind.
Melanie previously claimed Gregg greeted her on MasterChef by asking if models ate food, which she said she found “unprofessional” and laced with “ignorance and disrespect.”
The claims span a period of 17 years and include those of inappropriate behavior including walking around naked on set with a sock on his penis, inappropriate jokes and two claims of groping crew members.
In a new YouTube video posted Sunday, Melanie did not directly address Gregg’s situation during her speech, but referenced certain recent media reports.
Reflecting, she said, “As always, I am deep in thought, emotional and so grateful and happy with everything in my life.
‘But there are so many things as a human being that are painful and difficult to listen to.
“I look at the birds in the morning and they are so in tune, and I don’t understand why we can’t do that.
‘There are times in my life when I don’t engage with the media story in any form, and there are times when I do because I want to know what’s happening…’
Melanie made comments about Gregg in her autobiography, titled Illuminating, published last year, and expanded on them in another video posted to YouTube in recent days.
Mel claimed Gregg greeted her on MasterChef by asking if models ate food, which she said she found “unprofessional” and laced with “ignorance and disrespect.”
Melanie said she had made an informal complaint against Wallace, claiming she found behavior on the MasterChef set ‘overwhelming’
She also said the grocer-turned-broadcaster spent so much time “barking orders” that she wanted to leave the show.
And Gregg apparently told her that appearing on his show would do a lot for her career prospects.
She said: ‘I didn’t know what to say, so I smiled and said yes, but I really thought, ‘Yes, you finally helped me decide to end my television career once and for all.’
Melanie said she had made an informal complaint against Wallace, claiming she found the behavior on the MasterChef set ‘overwhelming’.
Melanie is best known for the Boddingtons advert in the 1990s and as co-host of Today with Des and Mel in the early 2000s.
In her book, Melanie wrote: ‘The MasterChef experience remained an eye-opener, and unprofessional behavior on set was breathtaking.’
In her recent YouTube video, she said that “every time Gregg came to the station, I didn’t really like him being around because it’s all about vibration and energy.”
At the end of the show’s filming, Melanie claimed that she had a brief conversation with Gregg, which was a big factor in her departure from television.
Melanie is best known for the Boddingtons advert from the 1990s and as co-host of Today with Des and Mel in the early 2000s.
It is not known to whom Melanie filed an informal complaint about Gregg.
It was revealed on Saturday that Gregg admitted ‘defeat’ and accepted his career was over, following an investigation by a production company into his alleged sexual harassment and groping.
In October, Gregg vehemently denied making inappropriate sexual comments to women, stating that he would never “flirt” or “hit” another woman and, “I didn’t say anything sexual.”
A source has now told MailOnline that Gregg has told friends he ‘accepts his TV career is effectively over’.
They revealed that Gregg is “quite thoughtful and pragmatic” about the research and has concluded that he “had a good run and did well for a guy who was basically a greengrocer.”
Gregg set up his own fruit and vegetable company in 1989 – earning him the nickname ‘Gregg the Veg’ from friends – supplying restaurants including Quaglinos, where young Australian chef John worked.
Although this year’s MasterChef Christmas specials have been removed from the TV schedule, there is also discussion that the BBC will remove landmark shows featuring him due to the nature of the complaints.
MailOnline has contacted the BBC for comment. Gregg’s representatives declined to comment when contacted by MailOnline.