The real telly tubbies: X Factor failure's 83-stone family claim they are simply too fat to work

They have a combined weight of 83 stone and claim £22,000 in taxpayer-funded benefits on the basis they are ‘too fat to work’.

Yet, incredibly, X Factor failure Emma Chawner's family from Blackburn are demanding more money - because they still can’t afford their calorie-laden lifestyle.

Asked why they don’t simply go on a diet, the jobless Chawner family who are so obese their neighbours call them ‘the telly tubbies’ insist: ‘We don’t have the time.’

'The real telly tubbies': From left, former X Factor contestant Emma, mother Audrey, father Philip and sister Sam Chawner

Emma, 19, famously appeared on the TV talent show in 2007 wearing a wedding-style dress made by her dad.

She was kicked off after the first audition, but not before the family were evicted from their previous house after neighbours complained about her singing at 3am.

Emma Chawner during her first X Factor appearance. The show's three judges, Simon Cowell, Sharon Osbourne and Louis Walsh, were not very encouraging of Emma's performance

Both Philip Chawner, 53, and his 57-year-old wife Audrey weigh 24st. Their youngest daughter, Emma, is 5ft 3in and weighs 17st, while her older sister Samantha, 21, is 5ft 9in and weighs 18st.

They haven’t worked in 11 years, claiming their weight is due to a hereditary condition.

Instead, the family spend their days in front of a television borrowed from a friend.

'Too fat to work': The family turn on the television as soon as they get up

Mr Chawner said: ‘We love TV. It’s on from the moment we get up. Often I’m so tired from watching TV I have to have a nap.’

Yet of their £22,508 a year in tax-free benefits - equivalent to a £30,000 salary - Mr Chawner said: ‘What we get barely covers the bills and puts food on the table. It’s not our fault we can’t work. We deserve more.’


Source: Daily Mail Uk.