Television icon Denise Black has been rushed to hospital after breaking both her foot and arm, following an awful fall.
The 65-year-old actress - famed for playing Ken Barlow's lover Denise Osbourne on Coronation Street - was rushed to the accident and emergency department for treatment following the incident.
The Mirror reports the star appeared to be upbeat and made light of her accident-prone tendencies, as she explained how she suffered the broken bones. As well as falling and breaking her arm, Denise also dropped a heavy object onto her foot - breaking bones on impact.
Taking to social media, the star explained: "Now I’m mending I can tell you. I broke my wonky arm. As I fell I dropped what I was carrying which broke my foot. Know Hoffnung’s Bricklayers joke? Google it. I am that joke."
Denise went on to thank NHS staff for their care and attention during her treatment.
The Emmerdale star wrote: "Humungous shout out to doctors and nurses far and wide, very especially our beloved NHS. You make humans seem like GOOD people. Great news is I’m still filming. Even better news is I’m mending.
"Sure, I may be wonkier than before, but in truth, aren’t all the best people? Inside and out #embraceyourwonkiness #thankyounhs."
Worried fans expressed their concern and support for the star, and added their shock at her upbeat nature about the whole thing.
One wrote: "And you’re still smiling. What a trouper. Wishing you a speedy recovery."
Another said: "Oh no! Wishing you a miraculous speedy recovery."
A third fan added: "Oh Denise! You are a calamity. Bless you. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Lots of love."
In 2020, Denise also let fans in on her NHS treatment, after she had hip replacement surgery.
Writing on her blog at the time of the experience, she said: "You might notice a discrete walking stick in that pic outside TV Centre in my last post? Well news is, it's GONE!
"Two new hips and I'm officially bionic. I've thrown my stick away and it's like being a kid again. I'd thought I'd celebrate with a new look. What do you reckon?
"Can I just say a big thank you and hats off to our mighty NHS, you people are just the tops. I can't thank you enough.
"Thinking of you all with this awful flu scare going on. I know I'm a restless patient (is that an oxymoron?) but you guys make pain bearable."
Denise featured on Coronation Street from 1992 until 2017 and is known for a range of roles on television.
She also had a main role on the groundbreaking Channel 4 series, Queer as Folk, a guest role on Benidorm, and also played Joanie Dingle on ITV soap Emmerdale.
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