‘I Dropped Ten Dress Sizes After Being Told I'd Die'

‘Psychic Sally’ opens up about her weight loss following doctors’ warnings she was at risk of a fatal heart attack – and reveals she plans to do readings for her housemates

- Annabelle Lee

Sally Morgan looks slim and the picture of health at 67. But just nine years ago, the star weighed 27st and, after suffering a shock heart attack, was told she’d die if she didn’t lose weight. However, since having gastric bypass surgery in 2009, Sally, who’s 5ft 1, has dropped a staggering 16½st and halved her dress size.

“After my heart scare, doctors told me I’d die if I carried on the way I was because I was at risk of having another massive heart attack. I felt like I’d been punched in the stomach,” she tells Closer. “I remember thinking, ‘I can’t die, I want to see my grandchildren get married’. I didn’t have the weight-loss op to look good – it was to save my life.”

Sally – who’s worked with celebrities and royals including Princess Diana – says she was just four when she saw her first ghost. As she grew older, she would give readings to friends at parties and, as her psychic ability grew, she started practising as a professional medium in her early thirties.

OUT OF CONTROL

She’s since made a name for herself touring the world using her talents to help people communicate with their dead relatives – a gift she calls her “psychic duty.” She says, “I see my talents as a blessing. It gives people hope that when our body dies, we haven’t actually disappeared completely.”

Sally, who’s been married to husband John for 43 years and has three grown-up daughters, admits she hasn’t always struggled with her weight, but that yo-yo dieting and giving readings from home from the age of 32 led to the pounds piling on.