Graham Norton has issued an enormous well being replace after present process a full shoulder alternative surgical procedure earlier this yr. The legendary presenter, 62, spent a number of months recovering with common physiotherapy and revealed it was throughout this when he piled on the kilos. Whereas Graham is now match sufficient to renew his favorite sport, biking, he gained weight because of an extended interval of inactivity throughout his restoration from the process.

The chat present icon shared: “I don’t know if I’ve talked about my full shoulder alternative. Such has the therapeutic been, I’m again on my bike.” Graham mentioned his weight acquire throughout an episode of his podcast, Wanging On podcast with Maria McErlane. To which actress Maria joked: “I’m so relieved since you acquired so fats,” as Graham laughed: “I do know. Big! I ballooned.” Reflecting on his restoration, he additionally added that the shoulder ache has “all gone,” and over the summer season, he was capable of swim every day within the bay close to his residence in Eire.

Earlier this yr, Graham revealed he was pressured to confront his fears surrounding loss of life earlier than going beneath the knife for his shoulder.

Within the emotional admission, he recounted: “I used to be sitting within the hospital room and I wasn’t on any medication or something, it was earlier than I used to be taken down, however you are within the robe and also you simply really feel so weak, and also you’re carrying these humorous slippers.

“I did really feel fairly emotional. I knew I’d, however you might be going through your individual mortality. You simply really feel fairly weak in that second. I used to be stunned I acquired as totes emosh as I did.”

As for the gritty particulars of his surgical procedure, the host boasted: “I now have a younger little bit of me. My shoulder’s model new. Sadly, there was no previous shoulder left. It was all simply floor down.

“One bit is plastic, it’s a ball and socket, so one bit is now plastic, and [one] bit is porcelain however with a bit little bit of titanium caught into the bone and a giant, lengthy reduce.”

Though Graham has saved the reason for his shoulder alternative beneath wraps, that is the primary time the star has been hospitalised.

Earlier this yr, he revealed that after internet hosting the BAFTA TV Awards in 2002, the 62-year-old was placed on “horse tranquillisers pain-killing medicine” after struggling a horrific fall.

After returning residence from the glitzy occasion, Graham tumbled down the steps and painfully broke two ribs. On the time, because of his harm, Graham was pressured to drag out of his position within the West Finish present La Cage Aux Folles, the place he had been portraying drag queen Albin.