‘I wish I could tell my younger self to LOSE WEIGHT'

’Miriam Margolyes opens up on why the coronavirus pandemic has made her anxious about her health

- HAYLEY MINN

Miriam Margolyes comes across as a person confident in who she is and what she looks like – and someone who definitely doesn’t care what people think of her.

But the 79-year-old Harry Potter actor has revealed that the coronavirus pandemic has forced her to reassess her lifestyle, as she would be very vulnerable if she were to contract COVID.

She says, ‘I’m old, I’m overweight, and I have osteoporosis, spinal stenosis, aortic stenosis and asthma. I’ve got all kinds of health problems that would make me an instant corpse if I caught COVID.’

In her infamous blunt fashion, Miriam continues, ‘And although I’m old, I want to live a bit longer. I’m not ready to die.’

Miriam’s fears about dying from coronavirus were exacerbated when she found out one of her neighbours in Clapham, London, had passed away due to the disease.

She says of her late neighbour, ‘He was a very nice man in his 80s and I was very sad and shocked. It happened so quickly, it’s awful.’

And Miriam admits that she wishes she could tell her younger self to ‘lose weight’.