30st hoarder is too fat to work and has a fridge full of mouldy food that’s over two years old
Former TV comic Terry Noble tells On Benefits he turned down a gastric band op despite crippling diabetes because food makes him happy
A 30-stone man who lives on £745 benefits a month has hoarded so much stuff he can’t move around his house and has mouldy cheese, tuna and bacon that has been in his fridge for TWO YEARS.
Former TV comic Terry Noble’s house is so full of junk he can’t see his kitchen work surfaces or move around the lounge.
Despite four years out of work he told Channel 5’s On Benefits he is too busy to clean up.
He said: “I am a hoarder. Definitely a hoarder.
“I don’t do much cooking here because I don’t own a cooker. I don’t have the room and the facilities.”
The surfaces are piled with dirty dishes and rubbish and more horrors lurked inside the fridge.
Opening the door, he revealed: “Bacon, probably been there six months to a year. “Cheese has probably been there a year. It’s a bit mouldy. I wouldn’t want to eat it now.
“Tuna, Probably been for a couple of years. It’s a bit discoloured now. I should probably throw it out.”
He added: “I don’t worry what other people think. If I’m happy living like this what’s it to other people? I live how I want to live really.”
Terry – who starred as a comedy sidekick in Lee Nelson’s Well Good Show for a year from 2010 – has developed diabetes because of his weight and suffers from ulcers on his feet.
He admitted: “I can’t use ordinary scales because my needle goes right round and I don’t get an actual reading.”
But he revealed that he TURNED DOWN a life-saving gastric band op offered by the NHS – because he likes eating.
He said: “I turned down a gastric band from the hospital. Why waste the money if I’m not going to stick to it.
“Food is comfort. It makes me happy.”
He is seen taking a cocktail of medicines – washed down with cola – and says: “I don’t pay for my medication.
“The government pay for them. If you need them they should.”
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He blames his inability to lose weight on his lack of funds.
He said: “Being on benefits and being diabetic is tricky because there’s not always cheap alternatives out there that are good for you.
“The other day I went shopping and my bill was massive because I bought fruit. Even the apples were one or two pounds when you’d probably get a multi-bag of crisps for £1 or under.”
Terry, from Swindon, drives to his mum’s to cook and is seen eating a doorstep sausage sandwich containing a whole packet of bangers.
And after struggling to walk over 100 metres on a shopping trip, he said: “The weight doesn’t help it. At school they called me fatty and lardass, I didn’t fit in because of my weight, That’s why I’m a bit of a loner.
But he insists: “Diets are a waste of time.”
Last week's show featured an unemployed lad who spent £20k to look like David Beckham.
On Benefits: 30 Stone and Claiming is on Channel 5 tonight at 8pm.
