{"id":143504,"date":"2021-11-02T19:02:08","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T19:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=143504"},"modified":"2021-11-02T19:02:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T19:02:08","slug":"former-worlds-fattest-man-paul-mason-who-once-weighed-80-stone-reveals-hospital-planned-to-cremate-him-in-an-abattoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/world-news\/former-worlds-fattest-man-paul-mason-who-once-weighed-80-stone-reveals-hospital-planned-to-cremate-him-in-an-abattoir\/","title":{"rendered":"Former world's fattest man Paul Mason, who once weighed 80 stone, reveals hospital planned to cremate him in an ABATTOIR"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE world's former fattest man was once so large that hospital staff planned to have him cremated in an ABATTOIR.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking in new ITV doc, The World's Fattest Man: 10 Years On, Brit Paul Mason described the arrangement as "disgusting".<\/p>\n


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Paul, 61, from Ipswich, said of the plan, which was drawn up during his three years living on a hospital ward: "If I died in hospital they wouldn't be able to deal with someone my size so they made a form up to say that if I died in hospital they\u2019d have to take me to an abattoir to where the large animals go to and die…. And I\u2019d be cremated in the animal cremation.<\/p>\n

"I thought it was disgusting. I couldn\u2019t believe they were doing that."<\/p>\n

But it's not the only inhumane treatment that Paul – who at one point ballooned to 80 stone – had to endure.<\/p>\n

In the ITV documentary he reveals how his diet of 40 chocolate bars a day led his teeth to crumble.<\/p>\n

As leaving the house became increasingly difficult, Paul would pull out the cracked teeth himself with pliers.<\/p>\n

The former postie said: "I used to heat needles up, sterilise my mouth, sterilise the needle and put it straight into the gum – kill a nerve.<\/p>\n

"I used to get a pair of pliers, put wadding on the insides of them because I couldn't bear the metal actually touching my bits of my teeth I had left."<\/p>\n

Paul believes he has removed a DOZEN of his own teeth this way.<\/p>\n

There was a point where things were looking up for Ipswich's Paul.<\/p>\n

After a successful gastric bypass in 2015, he managed to shrink down to 19 stone.<\/p>\n

Falling in love with Rebecca Mountain – an American 13 years his junior – he moved to the United States where he underwent a series of operations to have his excess skin cut off.<\/p>\n


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After a 2015 operation which removed several stones of loose skin, he described waking up feeling "light as a feather".<\/p>\n

His mobility improved and his love life with eight stone Rebecca was blooming.<\/p>\n

Rebecca described their sex life as "fabulous".<\/p>\n

She said back in 2013: "The physical side of our relationship is fabulous. We have a physical chemistry as strong as our emotional chemistry."<\/p>\n

Paul added: "Paul: It\u2019s so intense. It\u2019s just a touch and that really triggers feelings I\u2019ve never had before.<\/p>\n

"There\u2019s certain things that will be natural in the future after my operations and that\u2019s another chapter we can explore which makes it even more exciting."<\/p>\n

Rebecca eventually proposed to Paul live on American TV in 2014.<\/p>\n

But while everything seemed to be going in the right direction for Paul, he was struggling mentally.<\/p>\n

"At my lightest just after my surgeries I was 19 stone but my mind was not right, I weren't that 19 stone person," he said.<\/p>\n

While he admitted he looked "thin" in the mirror, deep down he was "still that person carrying that excess skin".<\/p>\n

He said: "Your body, it takes time to adjust and your mind definitely – I was carrying that for so long, and struggled with all the issues around it all."<\/p>\n

As his mental health worsened, Paul's eating began to increase.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor me it was the crisps every night," he admitted.<\/p>\n


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"Go to sleep for a couple of hours and wake up. It started when I was living with Rebecca, she could hear at night me rustling the old crisp packets you know."<\/p>\n

Paul falling back into his old ways put strain on their relationship – and they eventually split for over a loaf of BREAD.<\/p>\n

They were both on the paleo diet, where you mimic what cavemen eat \u2014 veg and meat.<\/p>\n

But Paul said: "I needed some bread, some butter and some cheese. She saw the bread and she went berserk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rebecca,\u00a0 who runs a cat furniture business, added: \u201cYou can\u2019t have a relationship with somebody who is essentially pushing you away.\u201d<\/p>\n

The split set off a chain of events for Paul that saw him moving in with a woman he met on Facebook who, he claimed, was hooked on opioids.<\/p>\n

In order to fund his food consumption Paul had started stealing from local stores. He was fined $50 during a US court appearance in November 2018.<\/p>\n

But he couldn't resist temptation and was caught with $1,000 worth of stolen goods the very next day.<\/p>\n

In 2019 he moved back to the UK\u00a0 to "get his life back on track".<\/p>\n

Back in Blighty he has been seeing\u00a0 specialist psychologist Dr Laura Williams, who is helping him to dig down to the source of his issues.<\/p>\n

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He believes many of his problems stem from his childhood and the verbal and physical abuse of his father, a military policeman.<\/p>\n

Paul said: \u201cHewould hit me anywhere really, mostly round the head. The slightest little mistake he\u2019d turn round and give me a wallop.\u201d<\/p>\n

His father also struggled with his weight, and when his mother once tried to serve him as salad, Paul recalls how he threw the plate across the table and shouted: "I don't want this s***!"<\/p>\n

"I never saw him actually hit her but him shouting at her was enough – bringing her to tears many a times," he tells.<\/p>\n

He was also sexually abused for three years from the age of six by a women known to the family.<\/p>\n

Recalling the first instance, he said: "She was drunk, you know, stinking of alcohol and smoke and whatever.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe told me: \u2018You can\u2019t say anything to your dad or mum or anyone about this because you know what your dad\u2019s temper is like.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThat made me more withdrawn in myself. Obviously I was scared to say anything."<\/p>\n

Paul hopes he can now finally conquer his demons, leaving him finally with a healthy mind and body.<\/p>\n

"Ten years ago I didn\u2019t know where I was but now I do know what I want," he said.<\/p>\n

The World\u2019s Fattest Man:10 Years On is on ITV at 9pm on Wednesday.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n