Brian Blessed, 87, shares a hilarious day in the life and admits he eats 'tons' of yogurt, lifts weights and meets celebs in his shed ....but NEVER watches Love Island
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Brian Blessed has shared a hilarious look into his Sunday regime which consistes of meeting celebs in his garden shed and eating a 'ton' of yogurt.
The iconic actor, 87, spoke to The Sunday Times about his weekends which he mostly spends at his home in leafy Surrey.
Brian, who sadly lost his wife of 45-years Hildegarde Neil in 2023, said after tending to his army of pets he heads to the kitchen: 'Breakfast for me will be yoghurt, I eat tons of the stuff. I love Bulgarian yoghurt'.
The Flash Gordon star then embarks on a daily seven-mile walk or jog and can bench press a whopping 300lbs, admitting he finds it 'intolerable' when people brand him 'old' claiming he is in fact 'ageless'.
After even more yogurt for lunch Brian works out at his home gym and then heads to his shed, having often invited a 'sporting or scientific champion' over for a chat.
Brian Blessed, 87, has shared a hilarious look into his Sunday regime which consistes of meeting celebs in his garden shed and eating lots of yogurt
The iconic actor spoke about his weekends which he mostly spends at his home in leafy Surrey
One famous face to join him in garden was the late Stephen Hawking (pictured in 2018)
Recalling a visit from the late Sir Stephen Hawking he claimed the scientist asked for advice about going into space after being offer the opportunity by Virgin Galactic.
'I replied: “Well, Stephen, you may as well f***ing go!” I have every intention of going to space too. I’m the oldest person to have trained at Moscow’s Star City to become a cosmonaut. The call could come any day'.
Sadly Sir Stephen never made it into space before his death in 2018 aged 76.
Brian went on to say that he is 'quite antisocial' come evening time and doesn't go to dinner parties as he 'loves' his own company.
However fellow actor Kenneth Branagh, 63, is a frequent visitor and described their relationship as father and son before joking: 'I'm the son!'.
Before bed Brian turns on the telly but is quite choosy about what he watches: 'At night I watch nature documentaries — there’s so much to learn. You’ll never find me watching Love Island. I don’t want to waste a second of life'.
It comes after the star described himself as a 'Peter Pan', saying he'll never grown up and is encouraging other people do do the same.
Brian is adamant he feels just the same now as he did when he was a young child and is determined no one should retire, insisting: 'Death does not exist!'
Brian, who sadly lost his wife of 45-years Hildegarde Neil in 2023, said after tending to his army of pets he heads to the kitchen: 'Breakfast for me will be yoghurt, I eat tons of the stuff. I love Bulgarian yoghurt'
The Flash Gordon star then embarks on a daily seven-mile walk or jog and can bench press a whopping 300lbs, admitting he finds it 'intolerable' when people brand him 'old' claiming he is in fact 'ageless' (Brian in Flash Gordon in 1980)
Before bed Brian turns on the telly but is quite choosy about what he watches: 'At night I watch nature documentaries — there’s so much to learn. You’ll never find me watching Love Island. I don’t want to waste a second of life' (Love Island host Maya Jama pictured)
He told the Mirror: 'I'm a child, I'll never grow up, I'm Peter Pan. I feel exactly now as I felt when I was five years of age.
'I'm sick to bloody death of people who make a pact with old age. Oh no, I'm not interested in that, what are you talking about? No, no, no, no.
'It's not about how old you are, it's about how you are old. Don't anybody ever retire! Do not embrace old age! It's crap! I haven't got time for that rubbish.'
He went on to state people know everything they know from thousands of years but can't find anyone who can tell him what death is like.
After he turned 80 in 2016, Brian was fitted with a pacemaker to correct an irregular heartbeat which he said made him feel like a 20-year-old and a 'million dollar man'.
He even went as far as to tell doctors he'd like them to go on and replace another more private body part to match the age he felt.
He told CALIBRE Quarterly magazine at the time: 'Now I can do anything. I just wish they'd given me another c***. That's what I said to the doctors.
'They said, "How are you feeling Brian?" I said, "Great! Now I'd just like a 20-year-old c***!"'
And Brian, whose career has spanned more then 60 years, insists he's maintained good health thanks to a good exercise regime.
Brian pictured with late wife Hildegarde Neil and their daughter Rosalind in 1981
He told the Daily Mail: 'I do a tremendous fitness programme, partly out of vanity but also because I want to go into space. I’m a black belt in judo, I run two miles a day and do two hours in my gym at home.
'I can bench press up to 320 lb, which is a kind of world record. I do a tremendous amount of weights and a lot on the bike. I’ve been up Mount Everest and I’m the oldest man to have walked to the magnetic North Pole.
'I hate all this age rubbish. It’s not how old you are, it’s how you are old — and I’m physically about 30 years of age.'
