ACTOR Darren Day sent the internet into meltdown as female fans swooned over his honed physique when he appeared on television show Loose Women.

Darren, 49, who lives at Woolley, opened up about his body confidence when he appeared on the show on Monday and stripped down to a pair of black swimming shorts.

He admitted to feeling vulnerable about taking off his clothes for the Body Stories campaign.

But fans went wild and flocked to Twitter to tell him how amazing he looked.

One tweeted ‘Mr Darren Day helloooo!’ while another wrote: ‘Oh Darren you look fabulous well done to you!’

Darren spoke of his weight battle, and said he realised he needed to lose weight when an image of him on a beach was splashed across the front page of a paper.

He said on the show: “It makes me feel quite sad. I was incredibly sad at that time. To the paper thank you because that actually was what was my kick up the behind.

“For me it built up. I didn’t realise I had stopped looking in mirrors.

“I was in the theatre trying to get a selfie to send to my wife and I remember I couldn’t get the right angle. A day later I was in rehearsals for this show. The souvenir brochure came backstage. I remember looking at every picture of me thinking what a terrible photographer he is, I look awful. I didn’t realise until I saw that front page I looked awful.”

It was the motivation Darren needed, and he underwent a non-surgical treatment which destroyed fat cells, to lose weight. He then went to a military bootcamp but says he still doesn’t feel completely comfortable.

Darren said he had bonded with pop star Robbie Williams, as they both suffer from a sleep eating syndrome.

’Rob and I have become good buddies and we have some comical conversations and send each other a list of things we’ve eaten.

It’s like sleep walking. I stayed in a hotel last week and resisted it all and when I woke up in the middle of the night and there were crumbs and empty chocolate bars all the way to the minibar.”