Following
his collapse on stage due to a shooting pain in his thigh, Alan Carr has
informed his audience that he is "fine."
The comic had to use crutches to finish his performance on Sunday at Glasgow's King's Theatre after getting what he afterwards described as "the worst cramp ever."
Before Carr released a photo of himself icing his leg with frozen peas, some of his online admirers believed it was all part of his act.
After
that, he admitted to feeling "silly" but expressed concern over torn
muscles.
"I've
been performing up in Glasgow and there's a bit in my routine where I pretend
to be Jason Statham and I high-kicked, and then I got the worst cramp
ever," he explained in an Instagram video seemingly posted from his hotel
bedroom.
"Oh
my God! It was shooting pains and I was rolling around on the floor, and people
thought it was part of the act."
Carr
went on to explain that he had had to finish the last five minutes of the show
in pain, with the help of his "lovely tour manager" who pushed a
crutch through the curtains for him to help him to stand.
He
said he had taken some pain relief tablets since and was essentially now
"healed" but thinks he may have torn leg muscle, as well as suffering
a bruised ego.
"I'm
fine... I just felt silly rolling around the floor," he added. "I've
never felt pain like it, but I will solider on as I always do."
John
Bishop, a fellow comedian, responded to his online post by saying, "What a
trooper - you are an example to us."
The
presenter Vanessa Feltz posted, "Worried about you." Should you visit
an ER or a GP for a checkup just to be safe?
Oh
Al, Carol Vorderman merely exclaimed.
Martine
McCutcheon, a famous actress, said, "Oh, bless you." "What a
warrior! Please take time to relax and care for yourself."
'Rubbish year'
His
on-stage collapse came mid-way through what Carr recently described as "a
rubbish year" after his separation from husband Paul Drayton.
The
funnyman, who had his 2018 wedding officiated by his superstar friend Adele,
told STV's What's On Scotland presenter Laura Boyd last month that some of the
material for his current Regional Trinket Tour focused on his nuptials.
"I
wrote it [the show] before Covid," he said. "We had a week to go and
it was all written and done. It was about me getting married and Adele getting
ordained especially to marry me and Paul.
"But
then, during Covid, the relationship fell apart, and I was divorced when we
came out the other end. So it's probably my most personal [tour], but it sort
of works and it's quite raw and I go to places that I don't normally talk
about. It's like therapy really."
Last
week the 46-year-old also spoke about his "weird rivalry" with the
late Sir Bruce Forsyth ahead of the launch of Alan Carr's Epic Gameshow on ITV.
Carr
told the Press Association that the pair "often had a laugh" at one
another's expense on TV,
He
recalled how his fellow entertainer and presenter, who died in August 2017, had
singled out his breakthrough Chatty Man talk show as a "hit".
Last
year, Carr revealed he was making a TV sitcom about his life growing up in his
hometown Northampton in the 1980s.
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