YOU can be fat and fit at the same time - money says so.

Aussie paparazzi king Darryn Lyons proved it in the UK this week, after stripping off in the Celebrity Big Brother house which he could soon be sharing with the likes of Mike Tyson, Charlie Sheen and Pamela Anderson.

The portly 46-year-old founder of Big Pictures, who first shot to fame after selling photos of David Beckham and Rebecca Loos to News of the World, has grown some abs.

Proper ones, the likes of which are normally seen gracing the stomachs of 20-something swim stars.

"Basically it's the male version of a boob job," Lyons confessed to housemate Paddy Doherty.

"I had contouring done to my body. I had to get really fit and lose a fair bit of weight.

"It takes all the fat around it and actually lets your natural abs be there."

Born in Geelong, Lyons lives in London, where he has made a name for himself outside the paparazzi business by getting involved with various TV projects.

He broadcast this year's royal wedding for celebrity TV show Extra, helped celebrities edit their own magazines on Deadline and was previously involved with Big Brother on spin-off shows as Big Brother's Little Brother and Big Mouth.

When he was named in the Daily Star as one of this year's Celebrity BB housemates, he appeared in a black tuxedo and had traded his wildly coloured mohawk with a short-cropped platinum look.

As for his six-pack, Lyons gave the game away recently when he tweeted about his new "fitness regime".

"Celebbodycontour.com coming next week all you ladies look at this! I've lost 7cm round the waist in 4 sessions I love it! Painless it works".

Doherty - a former bareknuckle fighter - agreed, telling Lyons his new abs were "the bees knees".

The series runs for three weeks. The Guardian reports that Sheen was possibly sighted touching down at Heathrow on Friday.

