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LBC presenter Andrew Marr sparked concern as he appeared overwhelmed and emotional during his live radio show, with fans voicing their worries on social media

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Andrew Marr sparked concern for his wellbeing after he appeared to break down and panic during a live radio broadcast.

The esteemed 66-year-old broadcaster, who is one of the nation’s most respected political journalists, now hosts on LBC after leaving the BBC in 2021 to pursue his own projects. During his prime time radio show, Tonight with Andrew Marr, last night, an alarming incident took place.

Marr appeared visibly distressed and emotional as he tried to deliver a series of news bulletins to his listeners. Around 6.30pm, he relayed the day’s top stories in a noticeably emotional state, which he did not comment on.

He informed listeners: “Now, something momentous I need to take the time to tell you about.”

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He continued: “The winners of the Global Player Awards 2025 have been announced. And I’m speaking as the only white man, I think, in the west of – in the south of England without my own podcast. But the News Agents wins best podcast show and is most listened to.”

Andrew struggled to articulate his words and sounded on the brink of tears as he praised the Emily Maitlis and Jon Sopel led podcast, which is owned by Andrew’s employer Global. He tried to brush off his emotional outburst as he moved onto US news. Sticking to the script, he told listeners: “Well, if at this point you’re looking for something to cheer you up, can I suggest that you reflect that at least you’re not in prison in Alabama.”

As the audio continued, the broadcaster sounded increasingly frantic. His severe breathlessness and voice breaking prompted serious alarm amongst listeners. Andrew’s distressing broadcast left fans so concerned for his wellbeing that numerous people shared their concerns on social media. One X user, who shared screen-recorded clips from the radio programme, posted: “Andrew Marr today around 6:30 Can’t stand his politics but this was upsetting to listen to. Hope he’s ok.”

Countless other users weighed in on the troubling footage, questioning why the broadcaster was permitted to continue presenting in such a condition. One user replied: “You would have thought his producer might have stepped in at that stage as he’s already had a major stroke. “Another worried listener added: “He has had a stroke before. Do hope they had medics there quickly.”

Some have even demanded the radio presenter be removed from broadcasting duties to allow proper recovery time.

“That sounds like a significant health issue. He should probably abandon live broadcasting”, one X user commented.

The LBC presenter has previously discussed the devastating consequences of his 2013 stroke, caused by a torn carotid artery. His spouse, fellow journalist Jackie Ashley, took nine months out of work to care for him after he was left partially paralysed. Speaking to the Radio Times in 2017, Andrew – who was 53 when he suffered his stroke – revealed: “I was very lucky with Jackie because she had grown up from when she was young with a father who was deaf.”

“You might think she has had the worst luck of all, having looked after her father [former Labour MP Jack Ashley]. When this happens to me. But she has been very good about shepherding me through the process.”

But The Mirror can reveal Marr is absolutely fine aside from suffering from a heavy cold. A source who works with Marr told the Mirror: “Andrew has had a stinking cold all week. He finished the show and is fine and will be back on air on Monday.”

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Marr was due to be off air today anyway, as Tonight with Andrew Marr is on LBC Monday – Thursday from 6-7pm. The three day weekend will hopefully give him time to rest up and sound more like his usual self next week.

Concerns from fans for former BBC veteran Marr were genuine and also reflect the fact he suffered a stroke in 2013.

In November 2021 he announced he was leaving the BBC to “get his voice back” and host a more opinion led show. He had joined the broadcaster as political editor in 2000 and presented a Sunday morning programme from 2005-2021. Born in Glasgow, Marr, 53, began his career in journalism on The Scotsman newspaper in 1981, later moving to London to become its political correspondent.

He was part of the team which launched The Independent in 1986, later becoming its editor. He joined the BBC as political editor, in May 2000.

Champion swimmer, Sharron Davies, who takes her seat in the House of Lords next year, has opened up about struggling to pay bills, after making a number of controversial comments about trans women in sport

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Olympian swimmer, Sharron Davies, has admitted she can’t afford to heat her home after making a number of controversial comments about the trans community.

The former Gladiator, 63, who takes her seat in the House of Lords next year, is known for her criticism of transgender rights and has expressed concerns about the impact she claims it has on women’s sport and spaces. Arguing that allowing trans women to compete in women’s sport disadvantages cisgender women, Sharron’s views have generated significant debate and controversy

The mum-of-three was once the toast of TV, with plum gigs, including iconic sports show Gladiators on her CV. She was also a regular commentator on the BBC. However, Sharron says pretty much all her contracts were pulled when she started to speak out about trans women in sport.

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Claiming she only survived financially because her mother had left her an inheritance, the Olympian says money is still an issue, telling the Mail: “I’m lucky in that I had had a good career, so I didn’t have a huge mortgage, but now I live in a lovely Georgian house which I can’t afford to heat because my heating bills have gone mental like everyone else’s. I have been sitting here in my electric blanket in the kitchen today.

“But I learned a long time ago that money doesn’t bring happiness. What I am doing now gives me a sense of purpose.”

Sharron is now preparing to take her seat in Parliament next year after being nominated by Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch. The Tories said the accolade was in recognition of Sharron’s sporting achievements – and her campaigning on women’s rights.

Explaining that the Conservative leader told her that people will now have to listen to her, Sharron said: “I did say: ‘Hang on, what powers come with this job? What does it all mean?’.

“Kemi said: ‘You can say to people that they need to come and see you, and they can’t really ignore you. You can write to people and they HAVE to give you an answer”.’

Sharron continued: “So now, the people who have been avoiding me won’t be able to avoid me quite as much. People who don’t want to look into my eyes and say: ‘Yes, we are letting women in sport down’ won’t be able to simply ignore me.”

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The silver-medal winner has become an outspoken campaigner against allowing transgender athletes in female competitions in order to “protect women’s sport”.

The swimmer, who won a silver medal at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow and two Commonwealth golds, denied that her comments were transphobic and claimed she had spoken to many other female athletes who “feel the same way as me”.

Following her nomination for a peerage, Sharron said it would be “exciting to carry on fighting for women’s rights and safeguarding as well as trying to get as many kids, in particular, doing sport as possible”.

Canadian-Mexican model, Mary Magdalene, shared a cryptic message on social media before she was found dead in Thailand

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Mary Magdalene – the Canadian-Mexican Instagram influencer and cosmetic surgery devotee known for her 38J breast implants – posted an enigmatic message online shortly before her body was discovered in Thailand.

The 33-year-old social media star, whose real name was Denise Ivonne Jarvis Gongora, reportedly fell from the ninth-floor balcony of a high-rise condominium on Tuesday, according to Phuket News.

Mary’s last post shows the closing scene from the film “The Truman Show” where Jim Carrey’s character memorably declares, “In case I don’t see ya, good afternoon, good morning and good night.” She also ominously changed the username of one of her other Instagram accounts to ‘MaryMagdaleneDied’.

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Reports claim she was tragically discovered by hotel staff in the car park of the Patong Tower after 1.30pm, just hours after checking in for a single night.

Further reports claim that her body was moved from Patong Hospital to Vachira Phuket Hospital for a comprehensive autopsy to ascertain the precise cause of death.

Since her passing, tributes have come in, including from rapper Kreayshawn, RuPaul’s Drag Race star Plane Jane and influencer Eden the Doll.

Gongora’s brother Ivan also posted a heart-wrenching tribute to his sister on Thursday. Sharing a photo of the two of them enjoying lunch in Mexico, Ivan penned: “I wish I’d spent more getting to know you.” He added: “You are so funny and so creative, way more than I’ll ever be. I love you much more than words will ever say. You are my world. I wish things were different. Thank you for everything I love you sis.”

Gongora had amassed around half a million followers on social media where she showcased her plastic surgeries. She was also a revered artist who gained a cult following for her psychedelic paintings, sculptures and self-portraits.

In various interviews, she revealed that she was raised in a strict religious family where even watching Disney was prohibited. She rebelled at age 12, becoming sexually active and starting to use drugs. “Twelve, thirteen were the wildest years of my life,” she confessed on the No Jumper podcast. “I was doing lines of cocaine. I was going to school drunk in grade seven and eight.”

By the age of 17, Gongora was working as a stripper and later turned to escorting. After gaining internet fame for her looks, she capitalised on her online popularity by joining OnlyFans. “Because of OnlyFans I was able to stop dancing and escorting, which was making me depressed,” she shared. “So now I’m fortunate enough to live off that,” she previously disclosed.

Gongora underwent her first breast augmentation at the age of 21 in Mexico, performed by a local dentist, which unfortunately she suffered complications from. Over time, her cosmetic procedures included brow lifts, fat transfers, facial and body liposuction, multiple rhinoplasties and breast augmentations, veneers, cat-eye surgery, silicone buttock injections, numerous Brazilian butt lifts on top of buttock implants, and much more.

She first gained internet fame in 2018 after undergoing a risky procedure to enlarge her vagina with fillers, aiming to make it ‘the fattest in the world’.

“I almost died during the procedure. I had to get two blood transfusions. The doctor said I was losing so much blood and turning very pale. He thought I was going to die,” she previously revealed. Later, she opted for a vaginoplasty to reverse the enlargement surgery, citing disfigurement of her genital area as the reason.

As many of her surgeries were not legal, she frequently travelled globally, from Colombia to Russia, to undergo these procedures. She has had several near-death experiences on the operating table, and at one point, her buttocks began ‘rotting’ following illegal buttock injections, which she sealed with superglue. In early 2023, she temporarily had only one breast after one of her size 38J implants burst and deflated.

While the cause of the implant rupture remains uncertain, fans speculated that the troubled star might have overfilled it using an expander. The model’s surgeries led to a series of health issues. In 2022, she confessed that her numerous lip procedures had left her unable to close her mouth.

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A tattoo on her chest once became infected, leading to a potentially fatal bout of sepsis that saw her rushed to the emergency room. More recently, an attempt to tattoo her eyeballs blue and yellow nearly cost her sight.

In the year leading up to her death, she began covering her entire upper body in pure black ink. Despite her obsession with surgery, she occasionally expressed regret and a longing for a more natural appearance.

In a heartfelt post shared in 2023, she admitted to being ‘trapped in a never-ending cycle’ of plastic surgery, constantly undergoing operations to correct previous botched procedures. “It’s not a fun little adventure anymore, it’s just draining in every possible way,” she lamented.

“My time gets drained, my bank account, my energy, my health. And in the long run, you just kind of end up digging yourself into a really expensive time-consuming hole.”