James Bond actor George Lazenby recovers after suffering a brain injury in a fall

James Bond star George Lazenby is in recovery after being hospitalised for a brain injury following a fall.

The 84-year-old actor, who fell at his home last month, was rushed to hospital before being cared for at a California nursing home for the past few weeks.

However, according to his management team, the veteran star is now on the mend and back in his Los Angeles home.

A member of his team from Anders Frejdh Talent Management took to Twitter to update fans on his health, writing: ‘I’m very happy to report our client George Lazenby has safely returned home.

‘After an accidental fall at home in November leading to a head injury, he’s rehabilitated well thanks to the great team at Beverly West Healthcare for which I, his family and friends are grateful for.

Lazenby as James Bond in the film ‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’, 1969

The actor appeared on stage to be interviewed as part of Australian tour The Music of James Bond, where he upset the Perth audience with sexually explicit anecdotes

‘Not easy getting old but at 84, George has certainly demonstrated what a fighter he is. Love and only love.’

Lazenby, who played 007 in the 1969 film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, had been keeping a low profile after being kicked off of a music tour last year for making a string of ‘creepy’ and ‘explicit’ remarks during an interview.

The actor appeared on stage to be interviewed as part of Australian tour, The Music of James Bond, where he upset the Perth audience with sexually explicit anecdotes. He was then dropped from all future performances of the tour.

One attendee told Australian radio station 6PR: ‘He spent all of the interview just talking basically about his sexual conquests, he was homophobic, he swore, he certainly wasn’t talking about his Bond movies, he downplayed the Queen, a day after she died.

‘At one point he named an Australian cricketer whose daughter he was chasing and he said he dragged the daughter out of the pub and put her in the car in London, which is horrific… he named women he had slept with, and there were children in the audience, and a lot of families who had brought their kids probably to their first classical music concert…

‘It was creepy, it was offensive… He was disgusting, there’s no two ways about it.’

Lazenby, who was eventually jeered off stage, said he was ‘saddened to hear’ that his stories had caused offence as he only ever wished to ‘entertain’.

‘I personally have friends within my close circle who are gay and I would never wish to offend anyone,’ he said. ‘Having been surrounded by strong women all my life, I have always admired and respected women and their wishes.

‘It was never my intention to make hurtful or homophobic comments and I am truly sorry if my stories that I have shared many times were taken that way,’ he added in his statement.