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Chris Fountain suffers 'mini stroke' at 35 as ex Hollyoks star relives panic on This Morning

Chris Fountain has spoke of his terror and panic, after suffering a 'mini stroke' at the age of 35, while he was on the phone to his mum.

In his first TV interview since sharing what happened to him on social media, former Hollyoaks and Coronation Street actor Chris told This Morning hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby that he realised something was wrong when he was on the phone to his mum when, all of a sudden, he was unable to get his words out.

Chris explained to the presenters that he suffered the stroke on August 11 and was then in hospital for four days. Going back to exactly what happened on the day in question, Chris explained that it was a call from his mum that woke him up, saying: "It was one of those, I picked up the phone and we were talking for a while and I was like coming round while I was on the phone.

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