Harry Hill suffers painful on-stage ironing board accident
Beloved comedian Harry Hill has shared a health update, revealing he sustained a terrifying injury involving an ironing board. The 59 year old star of ITV's TV Burp disclosed that he had injured himself in an onstage mishap, resulting in broken ribs.
The funnyman from Woking, Surrey, confided to The Times: "The live-show stunts are becoming more of a problem as I get older. I broke a few ribs falling off an ironing board and it takes longer to recover these days. But I haven't got the outwards sign of anything, put it that way."
On the whole, he reported his health to be good, characterising himself as 'fit as a fiddle'. He is currently gearing up for his 2025 tour New Bits and Greatest Hits.
He suggested that he might be approaching the twilight of his career and wants to make the most of it. The former doctor elaborated: "This friend has worked as a GP for 30-odd years, delivered babies, seen their parents retire, get sick, die, the full family GP thing and he said, the time you need money is between 60 and 75 because after 75, if you're still alive, you're probably sick."
"Even if you don't have anything, your world narrows, you don't want to go on holiday, you don't need any new shoes, clothes. And I thought, yeah, you're right ... it completely changed my outlook. With me it's always jam tomorrow. But at 60 there aren't that many tomorrows."
Harry further divulged that his two-year stint as a doctor afforded him profound insights into life, remarking: "As a doctor I saw these people dying. People that saved all their life for their retirement or people who were fit and doing lots of jogging, and I thought, Christ, there's not really much you can do about this, apart from not smoking. That's why I changed profession."
Not one to extensively exercise, he confessed that walking the dog is the extent of his physical activity and stressed: "The only bad thing you can do for your health is smoke. Everything else, providing it's in moderation, you can do. Just don't smoke. And you can trust me, I used to be a doctor."
How to Be Silly Every Day of the Year by Harry Hill (Walker Books £12.99)