Bob Mortimer details health battle as he reveals 'I lost the use of one of my legs'

Bob Mortimer appeared connected Friday's This Morning wherever helium issued a wellness update aft suffering with shingles

Bob Mortimer issued a wellness update connected Friday's This Morning aft suffering with shingles.

The comedian and TV star, 65, was connected the ITV chat amusement to speech astir his caller publication The Hotel Avocado but chat soon got onto his deed sportfishing series, Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing, which helium does with Paul Whitehouse.

Host Alison Hammond said: "You would ne'er cognize due to the fact that you haven't adjacent mentioned it, you weren't precise good doing it [filming], didn't you get shingles?"

To which Bob replied: "On 1 of the shows, erstwhile we were connected the river, I was successful a wheelchair, they didn't amusement it connected camera but I was carried down and plonked connected the stream slope with a rug. You wouldn't know, you'd conscionable announcement I was ever sat down."

Issuing an update, helium said: "I'm better, shingles is simply a unspeakable thing, you tin get fortunate with it oregon unlucky. I got a spot unlucky with it, I mislaid the usage of 1 of my legs but it's coming backmost now, I'm a spot limpy but I'm precise grateful to beryllium backmost up and going."

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