Paul Hogan is back in Australia and back to public life after a difficult period with his health.
The 84-year-old appeared a little tired when he stepped out for the launch of former politician John Brown’s autobiography, Brownie, at the Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Monday.
He was flanked by esteemed guests including Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
The actor dressed comfortably in a white dress shirt and loose black blazer along with dark slacks.
Hogan was in a wheelchair last December following a rib injury and arrived in Sydney pushed along by a minder.
Paul Hogan (right) is back in Australia and back to public life after a difficult period with his health. The 84-year-old stepped out for the launch of former politician John Brown’s autobiography, Brownie, at the Royal Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on Monday
He was flanked by esteemed guests including Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left)
The Flipper star stood up from the chair unassisted, but he struggled to walk as he clung onto his side, and appeared to be in agony due to his rib injury.
The actor has struggled with muscle wastage and dramatic weight loss after being diagnosed with retroperitoneal fibrosis.
Discussing his condition during an interview with A Current Affair, Hogan revealed the benign growth has wrapped around the abdominal aorta and pressed on his kidney.
He admitted the devastating impact on his health has left him pining to leave the $3.5million Venice Beach home he shares with son Chance, 24, and return to the relative tranquility of his home country.
Hogan was in a wheelchair last December following a rib injury and arrived in Sydney pushed along by a minder
Hogan starred as Mick Dundee in Australian film classic Crocodile Dundee
‘I’ve lost all my body fat and the muscles all shrank and the strength has come back, because it left me feeble. I get Chance to open jars for me,’ he said.
The actor was prescribed corticosteroids to shrink the growth, but now needs to regain his strength after the health scare dramatically changed his physique.
‘They shrink your muscles and [they’re] supposed to make you fat, but I got thinner and thinner and thinner,’ Hogan revealed.
‘I’m now in the business of trying to put a bit of fat on… because you feel the cold too much when you’ve got no body fat.’
Hogan now has a pacemaker fitted and says he is ‘being held together by string’ while attempting to work his way back to full health.
The star now has a pacemaker fitted and says he is ‘being held together by string’ while attempting to work his way back to full health
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