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Mr. Motivator, aka Derrick Evans, is best known for getting the nation\u2019s hearts racing in the 90s, with his fat-burning fitness routines. Now, at 67, the superhero of breakfast television is back. We meet the man behind the Lycra\u2026<\/p>\n

How did you become Mr. Motivator?<\/p>\n

For ten years I tried to get onto television, and I kept getting turned down. I\u2019d go to the TV-am studios trying to persuade them, and they\u2019d say it had to be a woman, and she probably had to be blonde. I\u2019d worked in marketing and I knew that marketing is critical with everything, so I looked at the people on television. There was Mad Lizzie who you wouldn\u2019t remember, because all she ever wore were cardigans \u2013 they weren\u2019t significant enough for you to remember her. And there was the Green Goddess, who stuck with me because of her green outfit. So I created Mr. Motivator, with the colours and the music, as a way of engaging and empowering people and making them feel good. If I\u2019d worn a black t-shirt and a white pair of ...<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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