Comedian Bob Mortimer, 63, opens up about hospital dash as he admits ‘I’m not very well’ | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV
Bob Mortimer, 63, sparked concerns over the weekend after he was rushed to hospital with an unknown illness. The hospital dash comes after the comedian required triple heart bypass surgery in 2015 when his heart was stopped for 32 minutes.
Now, Bob has broken his silence on his health woes as he admitted he is “not very healthy at the moment”.
Speaking on Richard Herring’s podcast at the Leicester Square Theatre on Monday night, Bob revealed he was rushed to hospital on Saturday after a busy week.
He said: “I am not very well. I am not very healthy at the moment.
“I did a show last week, a fishing show and there was only two and a half days filming. I did it Tuesday, Wednesday and half of Thursday and I was in hospital on the Saturday.”
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Bob explained he also suffers from rheumatoid arthritis – a long-term condition that causes pain, swelling and stiffness in the joints.
He said: “In my mid-twenties I got struck down with rheumatoid arthritis. I just woke up and it was like, ‘bang’.
“I have been free of it since I have been 34 and it came back 10 days ago.
“It is really sad for me to know whether it will go. Yes I might be fat but actually I am on steroids.”
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The comedian continued: “At around 60, I like, turned off and did not want anything different to happen.
“But it takes until you are 60 to realise all the things you could have done.”
Bob recently returned to the screens, alongside co-star Paul Whitehouse, on the new series of Gone Fishing.
Speaking of his of his rheumatoid arthritis, Bob detailed his concerns that the condition would come back “with a vengeance”.
He told Teeside Live: “If I am worried or stressed then, bang! It returns with a vengeance.
“Rheumatoid arthritis generally happens when your immune system attacks your joints, but I’ve had it attack my iris. I got eye-arthritis.”
“The worst one was arthritis in me b**s – I had that when we were filming Big Night Out!” Bob recounted.
Bob also revealed that he “hardly” does any exercise because of his painful joints, despite recommendations by the Arthritis Foundation, who stated that “exercise helps ease the pain of rheumatoid arthritis”.
