‘This is the worst illness I’ve ever had’: John Bishop, 54, reveals he and his wife are battling coronavirus and details the ‘debilitating headaches, chronic fatigue and skin pain’
John Bishop revealed he has battled coronavirus over the Christmas period.
The funnyman, 54, took to Twitter on Wednesday to share a picture of his NHS notification informing him he had tested positive for the virus.
Alongside the screenshot, he penned: ‘This came through on Christmas Day This is the worst illness I have ever had, debilitating headaches, muscle joint and even skin pain, dizziness, nausea, no appetite, incredibly chronic fatigue’.
He added that his wife Melanie had also been diagnosed, concluding: ‘My wife and I are fit non smokers and it’s flattened us. I don’t wish this on anyone’.
Pained: John Bishop has revealed has battled coronavirus over the Christmas period
The shocking news comes after John recently revealed that fellow comedian Jack Whitehall promised him £40 to do a gig but then had to pay him in laughing gas because he couldn’t afford the fee.
The star said the then teenage Jack, now 32, lured him to a comedy club he had started in Manchester as the pair were both starting their careers at the time.
But the event was so unsuccessful that Jack – then studying for a History of Art degree – couldn’t pay the fee and offered John nitrous oxide, so-called ‘hippy crack’, instead of the cash.
Shocking: Alongside the screenshot, he penned: ‘This came through on Christmas Day This is the worst illness I have ever had, debilitating headaches, muscle joint and even skin pain, dizziness, nausea, no appetite, incredibly chronic fatigue’