Rylan Clark’s Celebrity Gogglebox star mum Linda has admitted she’s been suffering from a fresh injury, just weeks after being rushed to hospital with her son missing his BBC Radio 2 show to look after her
Former X Factor star Rylan Clark has branded his mother Linda a “walking disaster” live on the radio, after she opened up about struggling with another health issue. Rylan, 36, was presenting his BBC Radio 2 show on Saturday when he started talking with his mum on the phone, who informed him that she had sustained an injury to her arms at home.
She said: “I hurt my arms, didn’t I?” To which Rylan replied: “Yeah, I know you hurt your arm and it wound me up! Tell everyone how you hurt your arm.”
Linda explained: “Well, I was looking in the ottoman, and it’s quite heavy, and the lid came down.” Rylan added: “And you’ve cut all your arm.”
“Oh it did hurt”, Linda replied, before admitting: “If it ain’t one thing it’s another, isn’t it?”. In response, Rylan quipped: “That’s why you’re like a walking disaster at the moment,” to which his mum candidly agreed.
This isn’t the first time Rylan has provided fans with an update about his mum’s health, after the duo became beloved by fans on Celebrity Gogglebox.
Just weeks ago, Rylan announced that he would be absent from his BBC Radio 2 show because Linda had been rushed to hospital.
At the time of the incident, Rylan told fans on Instagram: ‘Mummy Linda isn’t well sadly so I won’t be hosting the show tomorrow.
“Thank you to the emergency team at Princess Alexandra Hospital. Will keep you updated as she’s on the mend. She’s a trooper.”
Rylan was later able to confirm that Linda, 73, who suffers from Crohn’s disease, was permitted to return home in time for her birthday on July 20.
However, it isn’t just his mother’s health that Rylan has been open about in recent months, as he has also talked a little more about his own wellbeing.
Speaking to The Times earlier this year, he discussed the health implications of his divorce from ex-husband Dan Neal in 2021.
The Doctor Who actor told the publication during a conversation about his morning routine: “The first thing I do is have a coffee, which has to be decaf after my heart failure four years ago. When I was getting divorced, I ended up in an ambulance twice
“I have three or four cups to make myself function, and the only breakfast I have is a sachet of collagen mixed into a shake. Believe it or not, I’m very picky about what I put in my mouth; I like a tropical one.”
Rylan previously spoke about his struggles back in 2022, soon after his divorce from Dan. He told an audience at the Royal Festival Hall: “There were weeks that I couldn’t speak. That sounds ridiculous because I can talk for England.
“My mum was genuinely concerned at one point that I’d had a stroke. It was like my body had shut down.
“Twice last year I ended up back in an ambulance because my heart had failed, and it was really strange because I just remember for a couple of weeks going, ‘My heart hurts.'”
