Mr Spamalot: Man's love for SPAM is borderline obsessive (and it comes at a £37,000 cost)

Chris Stephens has been eating Spam for over 60 years

THERE'S one thing enjoying Spam occasionally but this man has admitted he's addicted to the food substance.

 

Chris Stephens, 61, has been crowned the Spambassador for Wales after he admitted he's been eating the precooked meat products every day for six decades. 

The grandfather enjoys the tinned product in sandwiches and on toast every day, and refuses to go a day without it. 

Costing around £1.69 a can these days, Chris reckons he's spent more than £37,000 on his favourite food - but it has been worth every penny. 

Speaking about his Spam addition, he said: "£37,000 is a hell of a lot of money - I could have bought three houses for that when we were first married. But it is worth every penny.

"I think it goes back to childhood when my mother gave it to me in batter when I was about one."

 

He claims to have spent over £37,000 on Spam in his lifetime

He added: "I love it more than any food you can get in any posh restaurant. Give me Spam above the best beef or lobster any day."

Not only does Chris enjoy Spam every day in the UK, but he even paid a £50 baggage fee to take seven cans of Spam away to Spain after being told he couldn't carry it in his hand luggage.

He explained: "They said I couldn't take it on the plane - and it needed to go with the luggage.

"Now I'm wise to it. I pack a can for each day in my main suitcase to go away. It is much better than any foreign food."

Chris's wife has admitted she 'couldn't' eat the substance every day but is happy to buy it for her husband. 

He added: "My wife has put me on diet recently - so I've cut down to one tub per day."