‘It’s difficult’ says James Martin as he reveals secret off-camera health battle

JAMES Martin has opened up astir a concealed off-camera conflict that helium finds "really difficult".

The 52-year-old has had a TV vocation spanning much than 30 years, including Saturday Kitchen and James Martin's Saturday Morning.

But the TV cook has admitted that helium inactive finds presenting connected camera highly hard.

The admittance is thing his fans volition find astonishing considering his earthy presenting benignant connected screen.

During a caller quality connected Kaye Adams' BBC Radio Scotland show, James was praised for his multi-tasking abilities during his programmes.

Kaye compared his knack for cooking and speaking to guests arsenic being similar choreography, but James was speedy to instrumentality her praise.

He said: "I'm watching you bash your happening portion I'm listening to euphony play and you're similar a conductor.

"I can't bash what you bash and I surely can't erstwhile I've been on Loose Women with you arsenic well.

"I surely respect anyone who's capable to bash that."

He continued: "Weirdly I tin navigator and speech astatine the aforesaid clip but presenting I inactive find truly difficult. 

"I'm severely dyslexic truthful speechmaking thing disconnected an autocue is truly hard work, truthful if I'm allowed to navigator and chat that's wherever I consciousness astatine home."

Dyslexia is simply a learning trouble that affects however the encephalon processes language, and tin marque it hard to read, write, and spell to varying degrees.

James antecedently revealed helium wasn't diagnosed with the information until helium was 30.

And during 1 of his show's earlier this year, helium explained a spot much astir however helium works astir his dyslexia.

He said: "I person this astonishing pistillate called Sam, Sam [on the] autocue, who puts worldly connected bigger benignant for maine truthful that I tin decently work it."

Earlier this year, James besides discussed undergoing country to region facial cancer aft helium was archetypal diagnosed successful 2018.

Appearing connected Lorraine successful April, helium said: "As you know, the past clip I was on, I was successful the mediate of operations.

"But arsenic we speak, the stitches are falling retired of my assemblage astatine the moment.

“So yeah, that’s each wide – onwards and upwards!"