Ricky Gervais feared he was dying of everything from cancers to radiation poisoning during recent stomach illness
25.05.2023 - 22:59
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Ricky Gervais became convinced he was dying of everything from cancers to radiation and cyanide poisoning during his recent bout of agonising stomach illness. The ‘After Life’ creator, 61, who has admitted to fans he’s a hypochondriac, was stricken earlier this month by vomiting and diarrhoea in the middle of the night that was so severe he told fans in a tweet on 12 May he had been hit by the “worst illness of my life”. Graphically detailing the sickness in an online chat with fans, a filly recovered Ricky has now said: “What happened was, it was Wednesday night, about 1am, and I had a pain in my side that woke me up – like a shooting pain.
It was like ‘Aaaaah – that never happens. ’ “It was like, ‘Ooh, what was that?’ Then it happened again. My first thought was obviously – liver cancer, right? “And in the middle of the night, you’re convinced – that it is, I’ve blown it, you know? “I got another pain, and it was, ‘Oh, oh God.
’ And I felt sick. And I went to throw up and couldn’t. So I thought, ‘Oh, maybe it’s stomach cancer.
’ “And then I couldn’t be sick – there was nothing there. Then the pain of the vomiting was incredible, there was an intensity. ” Ricky, who lives in his £10.
8 million north London mansion with his long-term writer partner Jane Fallon, 62, and their cat Pickle, added about suffering vomiting and diarrhoea so bad he then thought he was suffering from Covid or a form of radiation sickness: “You forget how bad vomiting is – you forget just how f****** awful. I mean, never mind the illness and thinking you’re going to die – I can’t breathe. And I think I’m going to choke.