Ricky Gervais endures “worst eight hours” of his life due to illness

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Ricky Gervais has explained how he experienced the “worst eight hours” of his life, following a brief illness.The comedian and actor recalled the severe illness he faced earlier this week, and described to fans how it was something that left him vomiting every time he moved.“I’m not well today,” he wrote on Twitter yesterday morning (May 11), giving his 15.1million followers an update on his current health. “In fact I’d say I just lived through the worst 8 hours of illness of my life.”While those two sentences alone would warrant a degree of sympathy from some fans, the After Life star decided not to stop there, and instead use the social media platform to carefully recall each detail of his illness in a way that was sure to make a few of them feel queasy themselves.“Severe abdominal pains, vomiting every time I moved, (but only tiny bits of bile), hot sweats and chills,” he added to the update — topping it all off by writing: “Oh, and I really want to know who planted the 12 gravy bombs up my arse.”I'm not well today.

In fact I'd say I just lived through the worst 8 hours of illness of my life. Severe abdominal pains, vomiting every time I moved, (but only tiny bits of bile), hot sweats and chills, oh, and I really want to know who planted the 12 gravy bombs up my arse.— Ricky Gervais (@rickygervais) May 11, 2023At the time of writing, the tweet has gathered just shy of five million views, and has sparked a number of responses from followers, many of which sending their well wishes for the comedian.

A couple of concerned fans also suggested that the illness may be norovirus — a stomach bug that can cause sickness, nausea, high temperatures, aching limbs, diarrhoea and headaches.