Former Good Morning Britain host Piers Morgan was rushed to hospital.
Susanna Reid has shared an update on the health of her former Good Morning Britain colleague, Piers Morgan, following his emergency hospital admission.
The Uncensored host, 60, disclosed over the weekend that he required surgery and a hip replacement after taking a tumble in London.
He posted a photograph from his hospital bed during his recovery, quipping that his New Year had got off to a “off to a cracking start”.
Piers wrote: “BREAKING NEWS 1. Tripped on small step. 2. In a London hotel restaurant. 3. Fractured femur. 4. So badly I needed new hip. 5. Recovering in hospital. 6. Crutches for 6wks 7. No long-haul for 12 wks. 8. New Year off to a cracking start! 9. I blame Donald Trump.”
He received an outpouring of support from fans, and Susanna has now offered her best wishes, reports Wales Online.
During today’s Good Morning Britain alongside Kate Garraway and Ed Balls, Susanna noted it was “blue Monday”, describing it as “the most miserable day of the year”.
She continued: “Not a great morning for our good friend Piers Morgan, although I have to say, he is recovering well in hospital.
“That was the picture he posted on Instagram. He has a new hip. So good luck with your recovery.
“I think he’s going to be in the hospital for a few days as he recovers. I did offer to turn up with grapes, but he says he has enough to open a vineyard, so I was rebuffed.”
She concluded: “There was a restaurant involved and a stumble, and a whole new hip. So get well soon, Piers.”
Wrapping up the segment, she expressed: “He’ll be out soon, and we hope he gets better quickly.”
Piers was a familiar face on Good Morning Britain, co-hosting with Susanna until his dramatic exit in 2021 after making contentious comments about Meghan Markle.
Last year, during an appearance on BBC Breakfast, he reflected on his stint presenting the ITV show, admitting there was one element he “hated” when asked how he “managed” the early morning wake-up calls.
“I hated it, it’s the honest truth,” he acknowledged. “It’s like having permanent jet-lag.”
He added: “I did it for five years getting up, and managed to negotiate my way to a 4.30am/5am start by the end of waking up, but it is brutal. Hats off to you guys because it is a brutal thing to do morning television, people don’t realise!
“And then you do two-and-a-half or three hours of live television, that takes all the adrenaline out and is really hard on the body, you get to midday and you’re absolutely exhausted!”
When BBC Breakfast host Sally Nugent questioned whether that “drove you mad in the end”, Piers replied: “Yes, I think we all go mad in the end, I think I did go slightly mad, but I’ve always had a slightly mad streak, it just manifested itself through morning television.
“Susanna Reid, who used to be here, we had a wonderful relationship, I miss that, I miss the team, that was great fun, with Susanna and Charlotte Hawkins and all the team.
“You know what it’s like, it’s like having a family, so that I miss, but the alarm calls, absolutely not!”
Source: Mirror
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