[4] In 2009, he advised that less stress would encourage losing weight and launched relaxation and fitness classes with Lesley Smith.
[14] In 2016, Bunting offered free online weight loss courses called Slim Brother, plus classes in Derby and Burton-upon-Trent.
[21] Later in the year Bunting wrote a piece for Derbyshire Live stating why he thinks obesity shouldn't be normalised.
[22] Bunting featured in the UK national press in 2024 after he was arrested for attempted murder with a chocolate bar, of a colleague at the gym he worked at.
[23] He was immediately bailed and in 2025 officially released without charge, and has gone on to open a new breakfast club business in South Derbyshire.