Alan Carr reveals worrying health scare as he undergoes terrifying procedure

There are fears apical UK comedian and amusement big Alan Carr could beryllium losing his show aft helium underwent uncomfortable procedures successful a 'surreal' acquisition astatine Moorfields Eye Hospital successful London

Beloved TV funnyman Alan Carr has dished connected his terrifying “health scare” and fears helium is losing his sight.

The 48-year-old comedian has revealed however helium had to person his eyeballs drained astatine a specializer eye hospital and said a “spike” was stuck into his eyeball nether anaesthetic.

The bespectacled stand-up comic and TV big said the acquisition was “surreal” and near him “so worried”.

Speaking connected his ain podcast, Life’s a Beach, Carr told impermanent and chap comic Grace Campbell: "I've got astigmatism - I kept telling radical I had stigmata, similar the wounds of Christ. Get implicit yourself, Alan.

"I had a spot of a wellness scare. I went to Moorfields [Eye Hospital, London]. I've got thing incorrect with my eyes - rather a spot of pressure. I hatred the glaucoma thing, erstwhile they squirt the aerial successful your eyes. I had thing incorrect with my eyes successful the cornea. I was truthful worried."

He added: "He had to fundamentally choke maine due to the fact that this aerial going into my oculus was excessively much. At Moorfields they anaesthetised my eyeball, and past the spike came successful connected to the lens to spot if it worked.

"They said: 'Just unbend Alan, and conscionable ore connected the spike going into your eye.' I'm similar excuse me? What? Oh good, the spike is coming closer. Relax! It was truthful surreal. Losing my show is my worst thing, and I tin consciousness it getting worse.

"My eyeballs request draining - they've got excessively overmuch pressure."

In November past year, Carr described the quality that 1 of his TV shows has been renewed for 2 much bid arsenic "utterly mind-blowing" and added that it's a "huge compliment".

Alan created the sitcom Changing Ends, described arsenic a "semi-autobiographical comedy," which launched connected the streaming level ITVX past year. The archetypal bid aboriginal aired connected ITV and a 2nd bid was released earlier successful 2024.

It was announced that the acclaimed amusement had been recommissioned for a 3rd and 4th series. The broadcaster has shared that they volition dwell of six episodes each and beryllium recorded back-to-back. Release dates for the 2 upcoming bid person yet to beryllium announced though.

Changing Ends is "based on" Alan's ain beingness successful Northampton during the 1980s. The presenter - who writes for the amusement and appears arsenic 'himself' successful it - grew up arsenic the lad of the erstwhile 4th part shot manager Graham Carr , present 80, whose vocation included managing Northampton Town F.C. .

The formed includes Oliver Savell arsenic young Alan, alongside co-stars similar Shaun Dooley, Nancy Sullivan and Taylor Fay (Gary Carr), who play different members of the family. Gabby Best, Harry Peacock and Rourke Mooney besides look successful it.

Discussing the announcement of its renewal, Alan said successful a statement: "To get your ain sitcom recommissioned for a bid is the astir fantastic quality ever, but to person TWO bid recommissioned is utterly mind-blowing and specified a immense compliment which I bash not instrumentality lightly."

Alan continued: "I cognize however overmuch this amusement has resonated with the viewers and I committedness I won't fto you down, and for idiosyncratic whose existent beingness astatine times feels similar a sitcom, judge maine determination are much tales from my puerility to beryllium told. Two bid commissioned eh? My imagination of Changing Ends becoming Northampton's reply to the Crown becomes 2 steps person to being a reality."