Gladiators star Giant has announced he is leaving the BBC show and will not return for next year’s fourth series, appearing to suggest his exit was not his decision.
James Bigg, 40, posted a cryptic statement on Instagram saying he had been left ‘facing a choice which did not align with his values’.
The former professional bodybuilder and firefighter, who has been on the show since it re-launched in 2024, shared pictures of himself in the arena, branding the experience ‘one of the greatest honours of my life’.
He penned: ‘To my Gladiator family. I want to tell you all that I won’t be coming
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