Kirstie Allsopp 'battered and bruised' after terrifying fall while filming

The Location, Location, Location star fell down an entire flight of stairs

Julia Hunt
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LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 28: Kirstie Allsopp during a BUILD event at AOL London on September 28, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)
Kirstie Allsopp fell down the stairs while filming Location, Location, Location. (Getty Images)

Kirstie Allsopp has told fans she is "battered and bruised" after falling down an entire flight of stairs while filming Location, Location, Location.

The presenter, 52, posted a video on Instagram showing her in bed after her frightening tumble, revealing she was sore and that "putting my pants on is a struggle".

Explaining what happened, Allsopp said she fell when she was heading to the bathroom and that it was "the scariest thing" to ever happen to her.

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She said: "I should be out filming Location, Location, Location, except yesterday, when we were in a pub in Stoke Newington, filming our start of day chat with our lovely house hunters Beth and Rory, I went off to the loo.

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"And unfortunately I got something wrong and I ended up falling down an entire flight of stairs."

"It was, I think probably without a doubt, the scariest thing and most painful thing I have ever done in my life and I feel immensely blessed to be lying here in bed and not having broken anything," the star went on.

"I’m bruised and battered, and I went for an X-ray and CT scan, and I have been looked over by a lovely doctor."

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND - JUNE 25: Kirstie Allsopp and Phil Spencer are touring the UK this summer to inspire Britain's households to choose a smart meter, visiting the Merryhill Centre June 25, 2018 in Birmingham, England. The duo will be joined by comedian Susan Calman in 10 cities across the UK, informing as many people as possible about the small but important step everyone can take for a cleaner, greener, smarter future that could also save the UK nearly £560 million a year. Households can ask for a smart meter to be fitted by their energy supplier for free. (Photo by Richard Stonehouse/Getty Images for For Cleaner, Greener, Smarter Britain)
Kirstie Allsopp said co-star Phil Spencer would be 'stepping into the breach'. (Getty Images for For Cleaner, Greener, Smarter Britain)

Mum-of-two Allsopp said her co-star Phil Spencer would be "stepping into the breach" and that she may appear on the programme from her bed via FaceTime.

She also thanked the paramedics who "scooped" her off the floor of the pub and apologised to those she had been working with, including the sound man who had his earphones on when she fell and so had to listen to the whole thing.

The TV star admitted that when she looked back there was a "comic element" to her slip.

LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 20: Kirstie Allsopp attends the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019 press day on May 20, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images)
Kirstie Allsopp said there was a 'comic element' to what happened. (Getty Images)

"At the time it was incredibly painful, it didn’t feel that comic, but when I was lying with my dress around my waist on the pub floor by the toilets, which I had been heading to, I did think, there is a comic element to it!" laughed the property expert.

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"And I think my colleagues who got a terrible fright could eventually see the funny side."

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