Green Party leader Zack Polanski was today revealed to have doubled-down on his claim he could enlarge women’s breasts through hypnosis.
The ‘eco-populist’ has previously said he was ‘misrepresented’ in a 2013 newspaper article, which detailed his belief he could boost cup sizes using the mind alone.
Mr Polanski has also repeatedly said he apologised ‘a day later’ for the newspaper article about his work as a hypnotherapist.
But a newly unearthed radio interview has now shown how Mr Polanski stood by his claims nearly a week after the article was published on 12 June, 2013.
On 18 June that year, when speaking to BBC Radio Humberside, Mr Polanski spoke of a ‘successful project’ with the journalist who wrote the article.
‘Actually there was an article in The Sun last week where a client came to see me who was a journalist and we had a successful project,’ he said.
‘We’ve done it a couple of times and there seems to be no shift.
‘But, actually, increasingly more and more as I work people there’s starting to become anecdotal evidence, at least, of a growth in breast size.’
Green Party leader Zack Polanski is revealed to have doubled-down on his claims he could enlarge women’s breasts through hypnosis
Mr Polanski went on to suggest the journalist’s breasts had grown significantly within the space of a week, adding: ‘She says that she grew four inches.
‘It didn’t change her cup size, she stayed the same cup size but she said it was a tighter fit.’
Asked if the woman’s breasts had actually grown, Mr Polanski told the radio host: ‘Yes, according to a journalist.’
Pressed on whether he personally believed women’s breasts can be enlarged through hypnosis, he added: ‘I believe that it can happen in theory.
‘And I think it’s definitely worth investing the time, evidence and research into hypnosis generally.’
In the 2013 radio interview, Mr Polanski said he was not charging clients for breast enhancement ‘at the moment’.
He also expressed his hope that hypnotherapy would help people more generally with body confidence issues.
‘When you think about cosmetic surgery, kind of the dangerous effects et cetera – both mentally as well, at least with hypnotherapy we’re also combining it with a package of looking at people’s confidence and their self-esteem,’ he said.
‘My hope would be that, actually, just with one session people wouldn’t even want to enhance their breasts – they’d actually be looking to become more comfortable from the inside out.’
The radio interview appears to contradict Mr Polanski’s more recent comments on the 2013 newspaper article, which advertised a 90-minute session with him as costing £220 and was titled: ‘Can you really THINK your boobs bigger?’
In September last year, shortly after his election as Green leader, Mr Polanski was asked on ITV’s Good Morning Britain if he believed at the time that hypnosis could enlarge a woman’s breasts.
‘I was misrepresented, I apologised a day later,’ he said. ‘Does anyone believe that? Actually lots of men got in touch with me asking if it could help with other body parts.
‘I’ve never done it for men, I’ve never done it for women, that’s not something I believe in.’
Later the same month, he told the Pod Save the UK podcast of the 2013 article: ‘I went out on BBC radio the next day, so not 12 years later when I became a politician, but literally the next day to go ‘this article doesn’t represent me’.’
A Labour source: ‘Zack Polanski’s ego might have got bigger, but nothing else has.
‘It’s now clear that his pretence to have been misrepresented over his breast enlargement hypnosis scam was absolute nonsense – he got called out years later, and he lied about it.
‘You can’t trust a word he says – he’ll say whatever he thinks you want to hear.’
A Green Party source said: ‘Zack has repeatedly apologised for an interview he did with The Sun more than a decade ago.
‘Now, Zack is focused on the issues that really matter to people: bringing down bills, protecting the NHS and rebuilding our public services.’