‘As if 2020 wasn’t weird enough!’ Record-breaking strongman, 73, baffles This Morning viewers after balancing Christmas tree on his head in final stunt before retirement
- John Evans, 73, found fame after balancing a 352 lb Mini Cooper on his head
- Strongman appeared on This Morning to undertake his final festive challenge
- Balanced a Christmas tree on his head, but viewers were confused by the stunt
This Morning viewers were baffled after a record-breaking strongman balanced a Christmas tree on his head live on the show today.
John Evans, 73, from Derbyshire holds over 90 records, including being honoured for the ‘heaviest car balanced on the head’, after perching a 352lb Mini Cooper on top of his skull for 33 seconds.
But earlier today John completed one last festive challenge before his retirement for hosts Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield, carrying a Christmas tree on his head in his back garden.
Viewers were baffled by the strongman but enjoyed his stunt, with one saying the segment was ‘the content I’m here for’ and another saying a man balancing a tree on his head is ‘exactly what we need right now’.
This Morning viewers were baffled after a record breaking strongman balanced a Christmas tree on his head live on the show today
John Evans, 73, from Derbyshire holds over 90 records for his strength, including being honoured for the ‘heaviest car balanced on the head’
Ahead of his final stunt, John said: ‘I’m just going to balance a nice Christmas tree on my head for you, it’s quite a simple thing.
He added: ‘I’m quite famous for balancing a Mini Cooper on my head.’
John easily managed to balance the huge Christmas tree on his head, but viewers admitted they were confused about the reasons behind the performance.
One wrote: ‘If 2020 wasn’t weird enough, there’s a man on the TV balancing a Christmas tree on his head.’
John easily managed to balance the huge Christmas tree on his head, but viewers admitted they were confused about the reasons behind the performance
Another confused viewer commented: ‘John balancing a Christmas tree on his head is the content I’m here for.’
A fourth said: ‘A man balancing a 7ft Christmas tree on his head on #ThisMorning is just what we need right now.’
Among the strange things John has managed to hold upright on his head are almost 450 cans of 7Up, 98 milk crates and 140 tins of dog food.
John completed the festive challenge as a final stunt before his retirement for hosts Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield (both pictured)
John never goes to the gym, and believes that no bodybuilder in the world would be able to ‘do what he does’
John never goes to the gym, and believes that no bodybuilder in the world would be able to ‘do what he does’.
‘I have the strongest neck in the world, sad John, ‘I’ve never been to the gym. I haven’t got the muscles of a bodybuilder, but there is no bodybuilder in the world who can do what I do.
‘In fact, today is my anniversary of my first ever Guinness world record, I balanced 84 milk crates on my head.’
When asked about the heaviest thing he’s balanced on his head, John explained: ‘I did the National Lottery show.
‘I balanced 30 stone bricks on my head, they had to reinforce the stage and I had to do that and that was the heaviest thing I’ve ever done.’