Chris Kamara has appeared on Good Morning Britain and spoke openly about his battle with apraxia. Kammy left his role with Sky Sport in May 2022 after struggling with apraxia. Viewers were left in awe after the emotional intervew
The condition makes speaking very difficult. It is described by the NHS as follows - "a person with speech apraxia knows what they would like to say, but they have difficulty getting their jaw, lips and tongue to move in the way required to form words." It is caused by damage to parts of the brain that are responsible for producing speech.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain on Thursday, Kammy spoke about how he has "good and bad days". When asked how he was doing, he said: "I'm ok, I've got inflammation on my brain so that is the reason I have good days and bad days. Yesterday was a bad day, today is better. so much better."