A man from Suffolk, UK, who used to be the fattest in the world, has finally met his online girlfriend for the first time.
Paul Mason used to eat 20,000 calories a day and weighed 440kg.
But since shedding 304kg the 52-year-old has found love in Boston woman Rebecca Mountain, and the pair has finally been united in real life, New.com.au reported.
Mountain was watching a documentary about Mason's journey seeking an operation to remove 50kg of excess skin, and got in touch over Facebook,
The couple has been talking on Skype and Facebook for three months.
Speaking on UK TV show This Morning, Mountain said when she saw Mason's documentary she "just felt really connected right away".
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