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Peep Show’s Robert Webb reveals battle with alcoholism: “I was slow-killing myself”

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The actor underwent urgent heart surgery last year that saved his life Robert Webb has revealed that he suffered at the hands of alcohol addiction for years and that it accelerated a medical condition that led to him having to have life-saving surgery.

The actor, who made his name as unemployed musician Jez in cult comedy Peep Show, was told during a routine medical examination on the set of his sitcom Back that he “would not last two days” if he didn’t undergo immediate surgery.

Diagnosed with a mitral valve prolapse after suffering from a heart murmur, Webb put feeling tired all the time down to treating his body “like a skip,” and a growing dependence on cigarettes and alcohol. “I didn’t realise how unwell I was.

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