Popular ITV host Laura Woods suffered a scare this week when she collapsed live on air while presenting the Lionesses game against Ghana, and it’s not the first time she’s faced a health set-back
Sports broadcaster Laura Woods left fans in shock this week when she suddenly collapsed live on air, but it’s not the first health scare she’s suffered.
The presenter was covering the England Lionesses friendly against Ghana when she seemingly fainted, with quick-thinking pundits Ian Wright and Antia Asante catching her before ITV quickly cut to adverts. After the worrying incident on Tuesday, the 38-year-old she took to social media to stress that she was OK and to apologise for worrying everybody. She wrote on Instagram: “Gosh that was a bit weird. Sorry to worry everyone, im ok, the wonderful paramedic at Saints have said its probably a virus, just need a bit of rest & rehydration [sic].
“I’m really embarrassed that happened on TV, but a big thank you to my colleagues at ITV who have really looked after me tonight. And to Wrighty & Neets for catching me. And sorry again x”.
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Laura, who is engaged to former Love Islander Adam Collard, is no stranger to scary health incidents and had to drop out of hosting the Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk fight last year after a freak accident left her with nasty injuries. Taking to social media to explain what had happened after fans spotted photos of her with a bandage across her eye, the TV star revealed she had suffered an injury while on holiday with Adam that left her hospitalised.
The mum-of-one said she had accidentally smashed a glass lampshade above her head which caused it to shatter and cut her face and arm. Laura ended up with injuries around her eye and a hefty cut on the back of her arm. She wrote on Instagram: “Just wanted to explain my absence from the telly for a little while, to be totally transparent and avoid any speculation.
“I had an accident last weekend at a holiday cottage. I swung a pillow and hit a large, glass lampshade hanging from the ceiling above me, which shattered and cut my face and arms, but luckily missed my eye.
“I wanted to say a couple of thank yous, firstly to Adam, for being my hero that day, acting so quickly and not leaving my side since and to his family for taking care of me in a time when I was petrified.”
“To my agents Alex Maguire and Matthew Odonohue at CAA who searched for the best help immediately. To Dr Yannis Alexandrides and his wonderful medical assistant Zuzanna at 111 who opened their emergency surgery and came in on their days off, they were so gentle and have already worked magic that I didn’t think was possible to reduce the damage.”
Lauren shared grisly photos of her injuries, which showed a large cut across her eyebrow and her eyelid covered in dried blood. Another pic showed her healing progress, with bandage tape across the eye area. “I’ve added in the photos from then to now to show that even though it may look rough, it’s such a wonderful improvement already and I’m so grateful,” she said.
“It was a hell of a shock and I’ve been a bit sad, but I’m feeling very lucky it wasn’t worse. So a big thanks to my eyebrow too, for taking the brunt of it. I’m gutted I can’t cover the fight in Riyadh tomorrow anymore, but wishing the brilliant TNT boxing team all the best. Be back soon xx.”
Before the TNT host’s latest update on social media after the on-air incident this week, her partner Adam wrote his own message online, saying: “Laura is all OK and with the right people. Thank you for all of your kind messages.”
Source: Mirror
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