Morning Live presenter leaves BBC show after landing deal to promote fat jabs

TV doctor Ranj Singh has reportedly stepped back from BBC's Morning Live show to become the new face of a weight loss company. It is understood that the 46-year-old broadcaster landed a lucrative deal to promote Voy, which offers fat jabs and coaching to those hoping to shed the pounds. BBC sources have told The Sun that the move is not permanent, and that he'll be returning to the couch as an on-screen expert soon.

The new paid-partnership ad launched on social media this week, featuring Dr Ranj and Loose Women's Coleen Nolan. In the clip, he tells Coleen, who is a Voy ambassador: "The reason why platforms like Voy are so effective and so helpful and useful to people is because they bring everything under one roof.

"So, you've got coaching to address lots of aspects of your life and lifestyle, and you've got clinical support. It's all in one platform, so it's designed to make it as easy as possible to get all that help in one place, but also it's designed to make it as personalised to you as it can be.

"There's research that shows that using a platform like Voy is more effective at losing weight and keeping it off, and that's why it's so important." The weight loss company offers both clinical help, including through Mounjaro and Wygovy fat jabs, as well as Orlos capsules and coaching.

The sum Dr Ranj is making from the campaign is not yet known. However, BBC guidelines state "significant financial interests" should be declared" if they are in any way connected with the area in which they work or the subject matter they cover".

A BBC spokesperson has since told Express.co.uk: "Dr Ranj is a freelancer who can undertake work outside of the BBC in line with editorial guidelines. He has stepped away from his role on Morning Live while he fulfils this third-party engagement."

Last year, The Mirror reported that Dr Ranj had allegedly failed to tell BBC bosses about payment for appearing in the AstraZeneca advert - before appearing on TV discussing the company's Covid jab.

He was claimed to have been paid £22,500 by the pharmaceutical company in 2021 for a childhood flu advertising campaign. But the TV doctor didn't disclose this partnership to the executives of BBC Morning Live before he presented a segment on the safety of the AstraZeneca vaccine.

Dr Ranj quit ITV's This Morning back in 2021 and moved across to the BBC's Morning Live later that year. He is described as one of the show's experts - and appeared on the channel as recently as last week.