I'm not knocking SW per se, I lost a lot of weight following it and am kind of doing it again and have lost 1.5st of my gain so far, but a lot of people did gain a lot of weight in lockdown especially because of the complete change in lifestyle (I was used to being out the house 12+ hours a day, gym 4-5 times a week, went from that to being home 24/7, struggling with work, exercise and all the other stuff that was going on). It wasn't impossible to lose weight in lockdown of course, but a lot of people did gain. Just like a lot of people slipped into other bad habits like drinking wine every night etc.
Weight goes back on a lot quicker and easier than it comes off, and for people following a diet whether it's SW, WW, Lighterlife, Slimfast, or any other diet plan, as soon as you stop watching what you eat the weight creeps back on especially if there are emotional issues in the background. I've accepted that I will always have a problem with food, and I'm going to have to limit what I eat if I want to maintain a weight that's anywhere near healthy.
Back to Towers, if he was going to nick the rest of that money, he should've spent it on counselling to address why he got to his previous weight in the first place, or some diet/ nutrition advice. Instead he's basically pissed it away as well as the massive goodwill he originally had - which of course is now long gone, much like the money!