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revealed he has put on a stone after gorging on 12 sausages a day while filming the second series of Rivals.
The actor, 48, who portrays wealthy, self-made electronics businessman Freddie Jones in the Disney+ adaptation of the late Jilly Cooper's racy novel, said he has been living off a diet of junk food which has left his 'chubby and constipated'.
The star-studded cast wrapped up filming this week, ahead of the first six episodes airing in May.
Explaining the reasons for why he had an 'awful diet', Danny said he was a method actor and in his head, Fred is meant to be 'chubby'.
Speaking this week in his podcast with daughter Dani, 29, Live And Let Dyers, Danny said: 'I've realised I'm quite method. While I was play Fred Fred I have put on a stone.'
When Dani asked if he had been living off and McDonald's, he replied: 'He's chubby and he's meant to be. That's the point of Fred Fred. In your brain, that's how he was meant to be. My diet was awful.
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Danny Dyer revealed he has put on a stone after gorging on 12 sausages a day while filming the second series of Rivals (pictured in his Sky series The Dyers' Caravan Park)
'I was living on my jack in Bristol, living off Deliveroos.
'And I'd buy a pack of sausages, which is a 12 pack. They go off quick sausages so I found myself making 12 sausages of a night. Not every night as I'd be f*****g dead.
'I was cooking them all and I'd make myself a sandwich and you could only really get five in a sandwich. Then I ended up munching the rest of them sausages as the night went on. I was dipping them in ketchup.'
Danny went on to say he didn't have enough olive oil in his diet so he ended up constipated.
The actor also celebrated shaving off his moustache, despite his daughter remarking some viewers were a big fan of him sporting the facial hair.
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Last month, Disney dropped a first look at the hotly-anticipated second series.
The trailer showcases the five main characters, including David's Lord Tony Baddingham, the ruthless managing director of television company Corinium - and Emily's rising TV star Sarah Stratton.
Then there's antagonist and long-standing enemy of Baddingham, Rupert Campbell-Black, played by The Tragedy Of Macbeth's Alex Hassell, a retired Olympic show-jumper, now a Tory MP.
The actor, who portrays wealthy, self-made electronics businessman Freddie Jones in the Disney+ adaptation of the late Jilly Cooper's racy novel, said he has been living off junk food
