Diet turns 146kg boy into Beckham

A 23-stone man who lost half his body weight has been offered a new career ― as a David Beckham lookalike ― the Mirror reports.

Nathan Hewitt, 24, weighed twice as much as football legend Beckham and looked more like Mr. Blobby.

But underneath the folds of fat he was the spitting image of the England star, recently revealed as the celebrity men would most like to look-like.

Nathan started hitting the gym for grueling fitness sessions, just like the Manchester United, Real Madrid and Los Angeles Galaxy winger.

And after losing more than 70kg, he was approached by a look-alike agency and asked to impersonate Beckham, 38.

Health fanatic Nathan said: "I can't complain really, he's obviously a good looking chap.

"As soon as I lost the weight people started telling me I looked like him, I just laughed it off at first.

"Then I was approached by a look-alike agency asking me if I was interested in pretending to be him.

"I thought "hang on a minute, maybe I can use this to my advantage"."

While Beckham was at the height of his footballing fame Nathan, 15, was one of the fattest schoolboys in the country.

The pair both had blonde highlights but that was were the similarities ended ― Nathan tipped the scales weighing more than 300lbs.

He was bullied constantly by other children in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, who would grab his chest and say "nice tits".

Trendy: Nathan was happy to accept the compliment but refused the job offer.

Now Nathan has halved his bodyweight he regularly gets compared to Beckham because of his trendy haircut, beard and expensive body art.