The dancer and father-of-two, 29, posted: "Still shocks me when I see this." His Diversity colleague and KISS FM Breakfast co-host Perri Kiely showed his support, writing: "My bro." "Because I noticed a physical indifference in what I was able to do and I knew I was coming on tour." Ashley took to Instagram to share a before-and-after picture of his weight issues. "I’d be polishing off crisps here and there, just eating out of boredom." He knew he needed to make a change in order to get back into his career and said: "Once we came out of that lockdown, the thing that keeps me focused, like it always normally does, is just thinking ‘happier and healthier in myself’, especially when it comes to dancing. I’ve never really just had to sit at home since I started working. Jordan explained: "In that first lockdown, stuck at home, I was like ‘oh this is a bit different’. I was eating out of boredom as well." Since Diversity won Britain's Got Talent over a decade ago, they have been on several tours, performed in London Palladium's Pantomimes and made TV appearances. "I was like with the kids, ‘oh you're not eating that, I’ll finish that’. Read more: Former I'm A Celeb star 'had nervous breakdown' I think I took the term ‘dad bod’ a bit too seriously." "I wasn't dancing as much, I wasn’t anywhere near as active. I put on like a serious amount of weight. He said: "In the first lockdown, I put on three and a half stone. The weight gain stopped him from working alongside Diversity. Jordan replaced Gregg Wallace on BBC show Eat Well For Less after this exploits. However, he worked with fellow Diversity dance group members to shed the weight and. The I'm A Celebrity South Africa star revealed how his weight spiralled, not least because of boredom, while locked down. It has evicted families from long-standing informal settlements on city-owned land, prompting an outcry from families who now find themselves without shelter in the midst of a pandemic.Īnd it has moved more than a thousand of the city's homeless into fenced-in enclosures patrolled by security guards in the south of the city, a move the government describes as a measure to control the spread of the virus.Jordan Banjo put on more than three stones during lockdown - but got back into shape with a little help from his friends. The government has said it will use phone data to trace coronavirus contacts, though it insists this practice will not outlive the epidemic. Refugees have been forcibly removed from buildings in the city center where they'd been squatting. Phillips, whose research explores how epidemics provide opportunities or triggers for governments to take actions not possible in ordinary times, sees a similar phenomenon unfolding in the current outbreak. To reach their workplaces, they must risk contracting the virus on one of the few buses still running.īoys walk past shuttered businesses in the township of Khayelitsha, Cape Town, South Africa, during the country's coronavirus lockdown. ![]() They're exempt from the government's stay-at-home order, but few have cars. ![]() Many of those who help keep the city's hospitals and food supply functioning live in the townships. Last week, riots erupted in the township of Mitchells Plain after rumors of a food distribution turned out to be false, and a string of shops and food trucks have been looted.Īsked what she thinks might happen if the lockdown restrictions are extended, Qezo's reply is stark: "People will die. ![]() Few Khayelitsha residents had much in the way of savings when the virus struck, and many are increasingly worried about how they'll continue to feed their families if the lockdown continues. Yet in the townships, fear of the virus is outstripped by the fear of running out of money, as the lockdown has brought the economy to a grinding halt. South Africa has so far registered some 3,300 cases of COVID-19. On day nine of the lockdown, there was a two-hour wait to get into the store. Shoppers line up outside a supermarket in the township of Khayelitsha.
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