Hillary Clinton was forced to make a series of embarrassing media cancellations today after falling and hurting her foot, MailOnline can reveal.
The former First Lady failed to show up at BBC Woman’s Hour, ITV’s This Morning show and at the London Studios to record an interview with the BBC’s Graham Norton Show.
Sources said her fall had followed her appearance at the South Bank Centre last night and the twice-defeated Presidential candidate had been exhausted after a lengthy book promotion tour.
This Morning presenter Philip Schofield said on Snapchat: ‘Supposed to be interviewing Hillary Clinton… but she’s fallen over and hurt her foot!! Gutted.’
Hurt: Hillary Clinton was pictured last night on her way for dinner at La Petite Maison but later hurt her foot
Gutted: This Morning host Philip Schofield snapchatted his disappointment after the former first lady and presidential hopeful failed to turn up to the show
Disappointed: Women’s Hour presenter Jane Garvey tweeted her disappointment after the former presidential hopeful failed to turn up today
Jane Garvey, presenting Women’s Hour today, told listeners initially that her star guest was delayed, but then posted on Twitter: ‘I’d read the book and everything. Apologies.’
Mrs Clinton was undergoing an x-ray this afternoon to examine the extent of her injury before deciding whether to continue her tour or call off her UK commitments.
Clinton, whose campaign to defeat Donald Trump last year saw her stumble and needing help from aides, had spent the weekend undergoing several publicity dates as well as receiving an honorary degree from Swansea University.
She made the return trip to Wales by helicopter and had been ferried to and from other events surrounded by her security detail.
Yesterday Clinton, will turn 70 this month, was an hour late for her appearance at the Cheltenham Literary Festival.
She was later interviewed by James Naughtie at the Royal Festival Hall in front of an audience of 3000 people, receiving two standing ovations.
Accident: Hillary Clinton was at first said to be ‘delayed’ by Women’s Hour host Jane Garvey but then did not turn up to the show
Dining out: Mrs Clinton appeared at the Southbank Centre last night then made her way to the Mayfair restaurant La Petite Maison
At the South Bank Centre, Clinton told the audience she believed Trump was a sex offender and that she felt she had been a champion of women’s rights in her career.
‘I was part of a revolution for women’s rights that’s began in the Sixties with real intensity. I became a leader of that movement.’
In between she was joined by her confidant and aide Huma Abedin, who she collected from the Claridges Hotel.
They strolled for an early dinner at the La Petite Maison restaurant in Mayfair, surrounded by around a dozen secret service guards.
The former first lady signed an autograph with the letter ‘H’ and a squiggle instead of her customary full signature and told an onlooker: ‘I’m feeling fine.’
But her fall led to a series of no-shows today in what were due to be her final round of promotions for her book ‘What Happened’ which is her summary of how she lost the Presidency to Donald Trump.
Twitter flurry: Mrs Clinton’s disappearance was questioned on Twitter where listeners posted different theories
Delay: Women’s Hour initially told listeners the presidential hopeful was late but she never got there
Jane Garvey, who had been due to interview Mrs Clinton on the BBC Radio show Woman’s Hour, repeatedly told listeners she had been delayed.
She said: ‘Hillary Clinton has been delayed this morning, as I’ve already said. It does look like she’s not going to make it before the end of the programme.
‘I’m really, really sorry about that. I think you can understand just how sorry I am.
‘We’re working very, very hard to get this interview rescheduled and Hillary Clinton is very apologetic….so what can I say? That’s the situation.’
Garvey later Tweeted a picture of Clinton’s book in front of her BBC computer adding: ‘I’d read the book and everything. Apologies.’
Phillip Schofield of ITV’s This Morning show also revealed his disappointment by posting a picture on Snapchat of her book on the studio’s sofa.
He wrote: ‘Supposed to be interviewing Hillary Clinton, but she’s fallen over and her foot!! Gutted.’
Later Clinton was due at the London Studios to be interviewed by entertainer Graham Norton, but failed to show up.
A spokeswoman said: ‘We haven’t been given a reason for the delay but we are hoping to do the recording later.’
ITV said they had not been given a reason either, but were also hoping to record an interview before Clinton leaves Britain.
The US Embassy said it had not received any information about the former First Lady’s accident.
BBC Women’s Hour said she had sent her apologies.