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Rebel Wilson floors This Morning fans as she 'looks amazing' after weight loss

This Morning's Alison Hammond was delighted to be joined by Australian movie star Rebel Wilson for a second time on today's show.

In a segment which the ITV show called 'Part two of when Alison met Rebel' the superstar chatted to Alison about all things awards.

Rebel had previously presented the BAFTA awards and when Alison asked why she think they chose her to present, she replied: "I don't know."

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Alison cackled before Rebel gave a proper answer, as she said: "Well I have presented awards before at the BAFTAs and it's gone pretty well."

The show cut to a clip of Rebel's previous appearance at the award ceremony where she had the crowd visibly crying with laughter.

Rebel Wilson looked 'amazing' as she appeared on This Morning (ITV)

She explained that being the host of the whole show would be completely different to just presenting an award though, as she said: "It's hard when you're the host because like you're in charge of the whole show and you have the whole responsibility. So I don't know whether they were wise asking me.

"I want to be a good host and I want everybody to have a good time because we've got massive stars coming like Lady Gaga, Benedict Cumberbatch..."

Alison asked her if she had ever felt a BAFTA award, as she presented one for Rebel to hold.

She passed it to her as she said: "Feel the weight of it, isn't it heavy?"

Rebel replied: "Wow this is amazing!

"They are heavy and like I've got some muscles."

Rebel Wilson flexed her muscles on This Morning (ITV)

She flexed her bicep to the camera and fans were absolutely wowed by her new leaner appearance.

Taking to Twitter they flooded the star with compliments.

Laura said: "Omg Rebel Wilson looks amazing #thismorning"

Steven said: "Rebel Wilson looks great, after shifting that weight - she looks so much healthier, and happier. #ThisMorning"

Melvin said: "Wow she’s lost a lot of weight. Good for Rebel #thismorning"

Kougan said: "Love Rebel, she looks great! So does Alison #ThisMorning"

The 41-year-old actress has previously admitted to losing a staggering 5.5 stone in weight over the past couple of years.

Rebel explained how she walked for an hour a day and followed a high protein diet, but remained in a calorie deficit of 1,500 calories a day.

Talking about her weight earlier in the year, she said: "Being bigger I was kind of the normal size, maybe more on the athletic side when I was a teenager.

“And then I had something called polycystic ovary syndrome [PCOS] and one of the side effects is that you can gain weight rapidly when you're 20/21.

“So obviously I knew I was a bigger girl so I was like ‘you just got to embrace it', so that's why I went into comedy acting because I knew how much power comedians can have, people, are more likely to laugh at people they don't want to have sex with."

She explained why she decided to make changes as she said: "Being bigger I didn’t have any serious disease, I was getting checked for diabetes and things like that, but I didn’t have anything.

“But I knew secretly my emotional eating was unhealthy - that is not a healthy way to deal with emotions - whether they’re happy or sad emotions, stress, work emotions.

“I know deep down I can't keep doing that, I've got have a healthy option for my life.”

This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV and the ITV Hub

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