Karren Brady Flaunts Slim Figure, Denies Weight Loss Jab

showed off her slimmed-down physique in a fresh range of behind-the-scenes snaps after The Apprentice's penultimate episode hit screens on Thursday.

The businesswoman, 57, posed in a chic grey look after the show's famous interview episode, which saw Pascha Myhill and Karishma Vijay reach the final.

Karren posed in a stylish grey top from Lena Hoschek and jeans from L'AGENCE before sharing a snap of interviewers Claudine Collins, Mike Soutar, Linda Plant and .

She captioned her post: 'Our Season 20 finalists have been revealed.

'After an intense grilling in tonight's interview task, three more candidates were sent packing. Nothing was off-limits. 

'Major business flaws were exposed, probing questions fired, and 's toughest-talking business associates held absolutely nothing back.

'So, which of the two finalists do you think has what it takes to land Lord Sugar's £250,000 investment? Which business would you choose to invest in?'

Karren has addressed the speculation surrounding her newly slimmed-down figure, after being hit by accusations that it was the result of  medications.

She denied using the jabs and insisted her body transformation was achieved the old-fashioned way, through a controlled diet and regular exercise.

Speaking to The Sun about her weight loss, she claimed that asking questions about how she'd shed the pounds was an effort to 'belittle' her or 'make her feel insecure'.

'I'm not on Ozempic, but questions about women's weight come up far more often than they should,' she said. 'I'd much prefer the conversation to be focused around my work.'

Karren went on: 'Anyone can do anything they want to their own body. I have no problem with it at all. But people think they know something they don't know, or they just presume.

'And so what if I was? And what if I wasn't? It would be my choice. I think the way people talk about women's bodies is certainly an effort to belittle them or make them feel insecure.

'I've been called too fat, too thin and everything in between. I've had a lifetime of it. All I want is to feel strong, physically and mentally.'

She previously admitted to losing as much as five kilograms before every Apprentice launch, 'so I look my normal weight and I don't look huge next to Alan [Sugar] as he's so fit and healthy'.

But Karren, who is the vice chairman of West Ham United, says Lord Sugar has been something of a health kick buddy.

'He is great, he is very fit. He and my husband cycle when we go away on holiday. He is super fit himself, so if anyone is giving tips, it is him to me.'

'We went around Italy, which was lovely, on Lord Sugar's boat. It was incredible. He is really lovely and has a wonderful family.'

A regular gym-goer, the mother of two insists she's worked hard to incorporate frequent exercise into her hectic lifestyle.

'You have to find the time to go, particularly as you get older,' she said. 'I have a very set routine that I do, but it's mainly cardiovascular and weights, and I don't mind the odd swim.

'I go three or four times a week. I never have set days, because I've got a full-time job, then I have to go to the House of Lords often to vote, so I fit it in where I can.'

The businesswoman recently revealed that her weight loss was triggered by becoming a grandmother, after her daughter, Sophia Peschisolido welcomed sons, Leo, 22 months, and George, four months.

Karren said: 'I have been on a health kick, I became a grandma, and I wanted to be a fit, healthy grandma, so I started eating healthy and exercising.

'I haven't joined [the Ozempic Club] - bloody hard work. It is okay losing it, it is keeping it off.

'I have lost quite a bit - I don't know, though, as I don't weigh myself. I feel better for it. It is good because everything you put on fits.'