Stephen Fry rushed to hospital after suffering major fall on stage at the O2
20.09.2023 - 19:05
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Stephen Fry has been rushed to hospital after falling during an on-stage appearance at a festival at the O2.
The 66-year-old broadcaster was appearing at the CogX Festival in London last week when he fell while he was coming off the stage. He had just given a speech and was exiting the stage when he fell from the edge of the floor - falling six feet.
The Mirror reports that the QI star suffered rib and leg injuries and left the arena in a wheelchair following his tumble. It is understood he has been taken to hospital to be treated for his injuries, the severity of which are unknown.
An audience member said: "It looked like it was too dark and there didn't look like there was a handrail. He fell two metres to the floor. He looked to have been hurt as he had to leave in a wheelchair."
The event is billed as "The festival inspiration, impact and transformational change." Among topics being discussed was the impact that AI might have on the world of cinema. Stephen was billed as a top speaker.
During his speech last week, he issued a warning about the dangers of AI to his profession - explaining that the voice work he provided as the narrator of the audio novels of the Harry Potter book series was stolen and used to create other spoken word that he had no involvement in.
Stephen played an AI system mimicking his voice to narrate a historical documentary. He then told the audience: “I said not one word of that—it was a machine. Yes, it shocked me. They used my reading of the seven volumes of the Harry Potter books, and from that dataset an AI of my voice was created, and it made that new narration.”
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