Shaun Williamson is an English actor, singer, media personality and occasional presenter. Soap fans will recognise him from playing Barry Evans on the BBC’s EastEnders from 1994 to 2004. This was Williamson’s second role in the hit soap, folllowin a brief role as a paramedic earlier in 1994. In 2009, he stated that he had no regrets about leaving the show. Over the year’s he’s overhauled his image in a bid to shake off his well known EastEnders character.
Last year, he appeared on ITV’s Loose Women where he underwent a dramatic Queer Eye makeover.
Four of the Fab Five, from the Netflix original series, were on hand to transform Shaun with changes to his hair and clothes.
Despite leaving EastEnders 14 years ago, Shaun admitted that he has continued to be plagued by his idiotic soap character.
He confessed he was “not under pressure” to look good because Barry was fat and scruffy but he was “willing to change”.
Wearing a fitted sued coat, and polo shirt, Shaun looked miles away from his much loved character, as he showed off his trimmer physique.
It comes after he previously lost one stone ahead of his appearance on Celebrity Fame Academy.
The 53-year-old decided to get in shape as he didn’t want to look foolish in the Academy’s gruelling exercise classes.
Speaking in an interview, he explained: “I’ve tried to lose some weight because I don’t want to make a t*** of myself in the fitness class.”
Admitting his weight fluctuates, Shaun joked to The Sun: “But I’ll put it back on, don’t get me wrong – I’m Fat Barry and that’s that.”
In 2017, Shaun revealed the dramatic results of his confidence boosting hair transplants.
He opted for two surgeries, totalling 3400 painstaking grafts consisting of close to 8000 hairs, at the Farjo Hair Institute in Manchester after reaching a low-ebb following his departure from EastEnders.
“Very slowly my new hair started to grow through,” he told The Daily Mail.
“It was such a gradual and natural process that people who saw me regularly didn’t even notice.”
The Voice Kids judge Danny Jones recently revealed he takes care of himself more now than he did during his heydays in boyband McFly.
Speaking to Express.co.uk, the 33-year-old admitted he feels more pressure to stay in shape now as he wants to set a good example for his 11month-old son Cooper.
He said: “As I’m getting older it’s definitely harder to shake off,” he explained. “I’ve definitely gained muscle. My body fat has always been similar. Generally I’m really good, but I do like a burger.”
He added: “I look after myself more than I did in the early days. We never used to work out. We never had that pressure.”