BBC's Only Fools and Horses legend Sir David Jason has revealed that he struggled with Covid earlier this year. The 82-year-old has opened up about being struck down with the illness over the summer. Discussing how he was affected, Sir David 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."
The comedy hero also described how, the simplest of tasks became tricky when he had Covid. "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," he added.
The 'Del Boy' actor continued: "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."
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During the interview with BBC Breakfast, Sir David said that it was his wife, Gill, who eventually came to his rescue. He added: "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."
The actor, who has also had starring roles in Open All Hours and A Touch of Frost, has now recovered and is publishing a book about Christmas, including stories from the making of the Only Fools And Horses festive specials - read more here about the episode that was 'banned'. The John Sullivan sitcom was a highlight of the Christmas schedules from the 1980s to the early 2000s, with ratings peaking at more than 24 million in 1996.
Only Fools And Horses came to an end on Christmas Day 2003 but is still held with high regard and earlier this year, Del Boy's distinctive yellow three-wheel car was featured in the Queen's Platinum Jubilee pageant. For more showbiz and television stories get our newsletter here.
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