{"id":377534,"date":"2026-01-18T22:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T22:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/377534\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T22:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T22:08:13","slug":"piers-morgan-issues-health-update-after-falling-so-badly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/377534\/","title":{"rendered":"Piers Morgan issues health update after falling &#8216;so badly&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The 60-year-old, who hosts his Piers Morgan Uncensored show on YouTube, said he had fractured his femur after &#8220;falling like a sack of spuds&#8221; in the incident, which took place inside a London hotel restaurant.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In a post on X, Morgan said he is recovering in hospital and was on crutches for six weeks.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He added: \u201cNew year off to a cracking start, I blame (US) president (Donald) Trump.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The former Good Morning Britain (GMB) presenter also detailed he can\u2019t go on any long-haul flights for 12 weeks.\n<\/p>\n<p>  Lorraine Kelly and Amanda Holden send well wishes to Piers Morgan<\/p>\n<p>\n  Among those sending him well wishes, GB News host Eamonn Holmes commented: \u201cWell , sincere sympathy my friend but I am the expert in this field \u2026. if u want advice or a visitor ! Lucozade and Grapes?\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  ITV\u2019s Lorraine Kelly wrote: \u201cHope you are OK!\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Sky News&#8217; political editor Beth Rigby replied: \u201cJeez! Wishing you a speedy recovery. You\u2019ll be better than ever in a few weeks time. X\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Meanwhile, First Dates star Fred Sirieix added:\u00a0\u201cjeez! Speedy recovery.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Amanda Holden posted: \u201cOm*g darling!!!!\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  One fan said: \u201cBlimey, the start of your new year has gone with a bang!! Sending you wishes for a speedy recovery! Xx\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Someone else put: \u201cYou fell into the new year in style. Good luck and hope you get better soon, mate.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Morgan began his career in journalism at The Sun in the late 1980s, and went on to become editor of the News Of The World and Mirror, before moving into broadcasting, hosting shows such as Piers Morgan\u2019s Life Stories and GMB.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He has also served as a judge on Britain\u2019s Got Talent.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  His Uncensored YouTube channel is also shown on 5 in the form of a 90-minute highlights package, following a partnership announced in September last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 60-year-old, who hosts his Piers Morgan Uncensored show on YouTube, said he had fractured his femur after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377535,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[96,391,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-377534","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-tv","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}