Homes Under the Hammer host Martin Roberts has revealed he was rushed to hospital with "hours to live" and had to undergo an emergency operation. The TV star went to hospital after feeling unwell and went on to suffer a real scare when he realised just how serious things were.
On Wednesday, April 21 he admitted it could have left him with "hours to live", as he explained how fluid around his heart was stopping it from working. The presenter is now recovering in hospital from the "serious" condition after emergency surgery, and revealed he was thanking "god and angels", The Mirror reports.
Martin shared the news on Twitter in a video, with the caption: "So. Bit of a shocker. Thankfully I’m here to tell the tale…"
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He then said: "Well, I have to say this isn’t where I expected to be watching Homes Under the Hammer. 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***. So here I am, still around, thank goodness, thank god and angels, all those things."
He continued: "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."
After telling the public about his news, his colleague Lucy Alexander said: "Omg … omg sending you the BIGGEST hug ever. Love ya mate."
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