Chris Kamara has appeared on Good Morning Britain and spoke openly about his battle with apraxia. Kammy left his role with Sky Sport in May 2022 after struggling with apraxia. Viewers were left in awe after the emotional intervew
The condition makes speaking very difficult. It is described by the NHS as follows - "a person with speech apraxia knows what they would like to say, but they have difficulty getting their jaw, lips and tongue to move in the way required to form words." It is caused by damage to parts of the brain that are responsible for producing speech.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain on Thursday, Kammy spoke about how he has "good and bad days". When asked how he was doing, he said: "I'm ok, I've got inflammation on my brain so that is the reason I have good days and bad days. Yesterday was a bad day, today is better. so much better."
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Chris explained he is trying a range of diets to try and help his condition. He said: "What I am doing is gluten free diet, dairy free diet, I am trying anything, alternative medicine, all these vitamins to try and see if it helps and hopefully fingers crossed it will.
Viewers reacting to Kammy's appearance praised him. Ani Walker said: "What a man whilst suffering himself thinks of others. One of life’s good guys."
Kammy appeared on GMB to talk about a petition he is delivering to Downing Street today as part of a campaign for people with terminal illnesses, regardless of their age to be able to access their pension. Chris has been involved in campaigns for cancer charity Marie Curie since the death of his mother to breast cancer 20 years ago.
Talking about the campaign, Chris said: "People shouldn't be allowed to die in poverty. 90,000 people a year die in poverty. Once you are diagnosed with a terminal illness you know you have not got long left, you have to stop your job, your circumstances change, access to the state pension, we have 165,000 signatures that we are taking to Downing Street later.
"I am going to Downing Street with two ladies whose circumstances have completely changed. They have been diagnosed with terminal illness and their partners have had to give up work to look after them and they haven't got any money. Their life has changed."
Kamara first made a name for himself as a footballer between 195 and 1995 before he went on to become a broadcasting icon. Kamara became a fan favourite on the ever-popular Sky Sports Soccer Saturday show, and went completely viral in the early days of social media when he comically missed a red card being handed out whilst reporting on Portsmouth v Blackburn.
He also released a Christmas album in 2019 and appeared on the Masked Singer as Ghost recently. He joked about his costume which he described as "a sheet" compared to all the "fantastic costumes."
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