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Katherine Heslop

Homes Under the Hammer's Martin Roberts 'struggling' after shock hospital dash

Homes Under the Hammer star Martin Roberts has admitted he's struggling after his "scary" hospital dash that saw him undergo emergency surgery.

The TV star and former I'm A Celebrity camp mate, 58, revealed on social media that after feeling unwell, things took a turn when he was rushed to hospital, and had a serious scare.

Martin said his health issue on Wednesday could have left him with "hours to live", as he detailed how fluid around his heart was stopping it from working.

The presenter said he was recovering in hospital from the "serious" condition after emergency surgery, and revealed he was thanking "god and angels".

Homes Under the Hammer star Martin Roberts spoke to fans from the hospital (Twitter)

Many fans took to Twitter and Instagram, where Martin had posted the video, to share their good wishes.

One person said: "Get well soon! How frightening for you," to which Martin replied yesterday: "Crikey I mean year. I'm still struggling with the thought," finishing with a heart emoji.

Another fan penned: "Hope your ok Martin, close call," to which the TV favourite replied: "Super scary".

A third person wrote: "Omg... omg, sending you the BIGGEST hug ever. Love ya mate x", with Martin saying: "Thanks darling. Bloody bloody scary," followed by a heart emoji.

Martin Roberts is known for appearing on Homes Under the Hammer (BBC)

A fourth fan said: "Wishing you all the best. Hope everything gets sorted for you and you are back to 100% soon. Glad you made the call and didn't wait any longer!!"

Martin replied to the well wisher: "I know. Scary stuff."

The TV host shared the news on Twitter in a video, with the caption: "So. Bit of a shocker. Thankfully I’m here to tell the tale…"

He then said: "Well, I have to say this isn’t where I expected to be watching Homes Under the Hammer.

Martin responded to his well-wishers on social media (PA Wire/PA Images)

"Little bit of good news, little bit of bad news. I ended up in hospital in Bath yesterday.

"I had a few chest pains and just feeling generally lousy, so I was brought in here and turns out I had a massive amount of fluid all around my heart, which was actually stopping my heart working.

"Had they not got rid of it, which they did in an emergency operation last night, then it’s sort of quite serious, like, hours to live kind of c**p.

"So here I am, still around, thank goodness, thank god and angels, all those things."

Martin drove to the Ukraine border to deliver supplies (Martin Roberts)

Martin went on: "There’s lots of other complicated things that have happened as a result, but we will work through those, and I’ll keep you updated.

"Meanwhile, there’s a good TV show on that I think I’ll watch here."

Martin recently made the journey to the Ukraine border to to deliver much needed supplies, amid the conflict with Russia.

He told Good Morning Britain hosts last month: "This is on the actual border and when you see these families just queuing up to go to, I don't know what, it is impossible not to be affected by it."

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