TOWIE star James Argent looked slimmer than ever as he showed off the results of his clean living regime at the laundrette.

The reality TV star, 34, who has worked hard to transform his life, ditch drugs and lose 11 stone, looked slender as he stepped out in a black puffer coat.

Arg couldn't be missed as he wrapped up in a red wooly hat and matching trainers, paired with black skinny joggers.

He seemed distracted listening to something through his headphones as he waited patiently in line.

Gemma Collins' ex recently celebrated reaching his target weight and shedding a total of 11 stone.

Arg has proudly revealed he has achieved his target weight of 15st 7lb.

Recently, the star shared his weight loss feat by stripping off to mimic an Instagram pose first struck by David Beckham.

WEIGHT LOSS FEAT

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Arg, who began piling on the pounds in lockdown after kicking his cocaine and booze addiction, says doctors told him he was “on death row” — but it took his mum Patricia breaking down in tears in his bedroom for him to finally seek help.

“Bingeing made me tired and lethargic so I’d make plans every day to meet friends, do a job or achieve something,” he told The Sun.

“But after I binged, I was so exhausted I’d end up just staying in bed and not leaving the house.

“Then one afternoon my mum found me in bed and started crying.

“She said, ‘I don’t recognise my son any more.’ That was a big wake-up call.

“Also, I reached the heaviest I’ve ever been in the height of the ­pandemic and doctors said I was ­dicing with death because I’ve got bad asthma and was morbidly obese, which was the worst possible combination if I was to catch Covid.

ARG'S BATTLE

In December 2019 Arg was rushed to hospital twice after locking himself in his home and overdosing on drugs, with family and friends terrified his addiction would end up killing him.

Arg was hooked on cocaine for seven years. 

He was suspended from TOWIE for using drugs in 2014 and went into rehab, then he was booted off the show for good for the same reason in 2019. 

Arg says: “It’s not something that goes away. I have to work on it for the rest of my life.”

He calls it the “stinking thinking” when his mind occasionally wanders dangerously close to a craving, but he stops it in its tracks by calling his sponsor and attending Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. 

So it’s with courage that he has taken on this new role, in a bid to help others struggling to kick the habit. 

“I am really pleased I did it. It isn’t just to help others, it’s to help me too,” he said.

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