BBC Strictly Come Dancing legend rushed to hospital and told there's 'no cure'

Strictly Come Dancing prima Russell Grant, who appeared connected the BBC amusement successful 2011, admitted helium was struggling aft seeing 'strange cottony things floating' successful his near eye

A Strictly Come Dancing prima was rushed to infirmary aft suffering a worrying contented with his eyes.

Russell Grant, astrologer and a 2011 contestant connected the BBC show, has revealed helium woke up earlier this week with "strange cottony things floating" successful his near eye. He explained however helium has was rushed to infirmary to spot the oculus clinic, earlier helium was told determination was a bleed down his oculus - but was warned by doctors that helium would person to get utilized to the floating bits arsenic determination was nary cure.

Taking to Twitter, helium updated fans connected what happened, sharing: "Monday: I woke with unusual cottony things floating successful my near eye. Headed to the opticians for tests. Next time @BlackpoolHosp called: time aft into the oculus clinic. Result: I had a bleed down my oculus but nary retinal harm but it seems I person to befriend the floater! No cure."

Back successful March 2023, Russell revealed helium had been diagnosed with a encephalon tumour. He regularly updates fans astir his information and past June, helium revealed helium mightiness person returned to being diabetic.

At the time, helium shared: "Morning. The latest quality connected my station pituitary encephalon tumour cognition is the anticipation I person returned to being diabetic. I was erstwhile Type 2 but controlled it by diet. However, it’s imaginable taking truthful galore steroids to support maine going they’ve accrued my humor sugar," arsenic fans rushed to privation him the best.

Back successful 2021, Russell reflected connected 10 years since his Strictly Come Dancing stint - wherever helium famously was fired retired of a cannon.

"The funniest happening with that is, determination I was, turning things down, not reasoning I could bash them, but with the cannon, I couldn’t hold to bash it. In fact, I demanded to rehearse it six times! I would successful nary mode swap the memories of the Wembley Arena and 6,000 radical lasting and giving maine an ovation – and that was earlier I had adjacent travel retired the bloody thing!" helium said.

Russell admitted helium had primitively said nary to going connected the amusement but his mum, who was obsessed, begged him to instrumentality part.

"In 2011, I was sat softly astatine location successful North Wales and the telephone rang and the question came of if I would beryllium funny successful doing Strictly. And I said no, I was excessively old. I didn’t person the assurance and I didn’t judge successful myself enough. I wanted to enactment successful my comfortableness zone, which was astrology then, forgetting that my inheritance was not astrology," helium recalled.

"My mum was wedded to Strictly, bless her. She told maine I had to spell successful and bash it oregon I’d regret it for the remainder of my life. We don’t privation to person regrets – deliberation of Edith Piaf, Je Ne Regrette Rien. I convey deity Strictly came into my life. It taught maine that if you truly privation to bash something, conscionable bash it. I was 60 erstwhile I did it and erstwhile I’d done it, I thought wherefore the hellhole couldn’t I person done it erstwhile I was 30?!"

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