Stephen Mulhern's 'worrying illness' that forced him off TV as fans rush to offer support

Dancing On Ice big Stephen Mulhern was hospitalised this week, but it's not the archetypal clip the Deal Or No Deal prima has suffered issues with his health

Stephen Mulhern addressed a enigma unwellness that forced him disconnected aerial .

This week, the 47-year-old Deal Or No Deal prima was rushed to infirmary aft reportedly collapsing successful a Pizza Express edifice connected Wednesday.

Stephen has had a pugnacious fewer weeks aft losing his beloved begetter and was initially believed to person suffered a atrocious absorption to immoderate medicine aft having a fewer drinks with his meal. Earlier successful the time helium underwent a process for which helium was administered an anaesthetic.

And successful November past year, Stephen broke his soundlessness connected the 'worrying' unwellness that forced him disconnected aerial successful 2022. The TV big was erstwhile again taken to infirmary with a enigma aesculapian information successful March of that twelvemonth and had to walk a fewer weeks recovering connected 'doctor’s orders.'

Fans archetypal realised thing was up erstwhile Stephen was absent from a fewer episodes of Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway .

After missing 3 weeks of telly, Stephen yet posted a connection to fans reassuring them helium was okay. Writing connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter , helium said: “Hello all, Sorry I’ve been quiescent connected present precocious and convey you for each your beauteous messages. I’ve had immoderate clip disconnected and been resting up connected doctor’s orders."

He added: "I’m connected the mend, I’m blessed to say, and looking guardant to getting backmost to enactment soon. In the meantime...I’ll enactment my feet up and ticker Saturday Night Takeaway contiguous with the remainder of you lot. Please don’t miss maine excessively much! Lots of love, Stephen. X.”

It was archetypal reported connected Thursday that Pizza Express unit became acrophobic for the telly favourite's welfare, truthful called an ambulance astatine astir 8pm the nighttime prior. After being checked implicit by paramedics, Stephen was taken to a infirmary successful Surrey and checked implicit arsenic a precaution. The prima was past sent home.

A root told The Mirror earlier this week: "Stephen has had an incredibly pugnacious clip implicit the past fewer weeks. His beloved begetter precocious passed distant which has deed him hard and has been understandably precise stressful. In summation helium had a process which took spot yesterday (Wednesday). Following the anaesthetic that was administered, helium had a fewer drinks which made him unwell and helium was taken successful to infirmary arsenic a precaution. He is present backmost location recovering."

Fans person since flooded Stephen’s Instagram illustration with support, with 1 saying beneath his astir caller post, uploaded a week ago: “Wishing you a speedy betterment Stephen.” Another echoed: “Sending each my emotion to you stephen emotion you truthful much.” Other comments included: “Get good soon,” and “Love you Stephen.”

Stephen’s adjacent pal Holly Willoughby , who helium co-hosts caller crippled amusement You Bet! with, is said to person continuously supported Stephen - who has had respective wellness problems implicit the past fewer years.

Since his 2022 wellness scare, Stephen revealed helium had enactment measures successful spot to marque definite helium tin implicit agelong days of filming. He said astatine the time: “Now we’re each right. But it wasn’t good. It was a spot of a worrying time.”

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