Sir David Jason says he contracted Covid so badly it weakened his muscles and he collapsed falling against a radiator- and couldn't get up. The 82-year-old actor told BBC Breakfast he caught the virus three months ago.
He said: "I got it seriously bad. Because all the muscles weren't working, I collapsed and I fell against the radiator... I was so weak, I couldn't get up."
"I crawled to the bed. The muscles weren't working and I used the bed to try and stand up so that I could go to where I wanted to get, and also get back into bed, and I couldn't… I tried for about a quarter of an hour, trying all sorts of things to stand up so I could walk about.
"My arms wouldn't work and my legs wouldn't work, so being a very creative and inventive person, I thought, how will I get from here to the door?
"You know when you see a walrus if you watch David Attenborough, and they walk on land, they crawl on land? That's what I did.
"But in order to do that, I had to use my head. So now I'm lying face down on the ground, and in order to get to the door - and the arms really weren't working and the legs weren't working - I was using my head to drag me to the door.
"So just as I got to the door, the door opened... and it was my good lady wife and she managed to help me get back into bed. But later on the next day, I got carpet burns all down on my forehead and across the top of my nose."
Sir David, famous for his roles in Only Fools And Horses, Open All Hours, Darling Buds of May, Frost and Porridge, is publishing a book about Christmas, including stories from the making of the Only Fools and Horses festive specials.
