Loose Women star Gloria Hunniford admitted she was ‘anxious’ about ageing on Wednesday, as she revealed she was admitted to hospital in the days leading up to Christmas
TV legend Gloria Hunniford has shared an anxious health update with fans after a recent scare.
The Loose Women legend appeared on the ITV show on Wednesday after being rushed to hospital over the festive period with kidney stones.
Gloria, 82, admitted she is worried about ageing for the first time in her life while chatting to the panel, before confessing her recent hospital experience has made her anxious about her health.
As the Loose Women ladies began discussing the proposed plans to raise the retirement age in the UK, Gloria began saying: “Retirement isn’t in my vocabulary. But I do understand a lot of people look forward to their retirement.
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“But for me, I like work, I think it keeps the brain ticking over and I met lovely people like you and the audience. For me, I like it and it just depends on what job you do and if you like it or not.”
The TV legend then joked to co-star Denise Welch: “We go from saying Gloria fell down to Gloria had a fall.”
Gloria continued to reveal: “On quite a serious note, I was quite sick over the Christmas period with kidney stones.”
She admitted it’s “the first” time she’s ever worried about growing old, adding: “I haven’t been anxious about it as I am still doing what I have been doing since I was about 20 or 30 years old.
“But it was the first time ever [at Christmas] I sat on my chair watching TV and I thought, ‘Is this what it is going to be like?’
“But do you know what? I have forgotten about that now.”
The Loose Women panel praised Gloria for speaking open and honestly about her fears.
Last year, Gloria shared how she still suffers nightmares after her horrific fall that left her with a broken eye socket and gruesome leg injuries.
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The presenter tripped over a rug and crashed on to a wooden floor, leaving her with severe bruising on her leg that was wrapped in bandages for several weeks.
Speaking about her accident in June, Gloria said: “I’m getting there after my fall but I am not quite back to my usual self.
“I really took a battering and I broke the bone that holds my eye socket in place – my left leg is still in bandages.
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“I still have nightmares about the terrible smack I made going down.”
Following her accident, Gloria, who has been married to her second husband Stephen Way since 1998, pulled the plug on her usual summer holiday in the South of France that year.
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