GMTV's Keith Chegwin was rushed to hospital yesterday to have emergency surgery to remove his appendix.
Chegwin's appendix had been causing him trouble for a couple of weeks but the final straw came on Christmas Day when he was sitting down to eat Christmas dinner with his wife Maria and six-year-old son Ted.
An intense pain spurred a visit to a hospital in Northamptonshire for the 46-year-old to be put under the knife last night.
His agent Tony Fox said: "Keith Chegwin was rushed in to hospital yesterday. He had struggled throughout working on GMTV this week giving out large chunks of money but yesterday morning things got too difficult for him and he had an operation for acute appendicitis on Christmas evening.
"He has been going around the country for GMTV giving out prizes to different people, arriving on different people’s doorsteps and handing them cheques, making people’s Christmas dreams come true. The irony is his Christmas is ruined.
"He’s disappointed because he has a six-year-old son Ted who was looking forward to Christmas and his Christmas has been ruined."
Chegwin is expected to be discharged in a few days.
Chegwin's appendix had been causing him trouble for a couple of weeks but the final straw came on Christmas Day when he was sitting down to eat Christmas dinner with his wife Maria and six-year-old son Ted.
An intense pain spurred a visit to a hospital in Northamptonshire for the 46-year-old to be put under the knife last night.
His agent Tony Fox said: "Keith Chegwin was rushed in to hospital yesterday. He had struggled throughout working on GMTV this week giving out large chunks of money but yesterday morning things got too difficult for him and he had an operation for acute appendicitis on Christmas evening.
"He has been going around the country for GMTV giving out prizes to different people, arriving on different people’s doorsteps and handing them cheques, making people’s Christmas dreams come true. The irony is his Christmas is ruined.
"He’s disappointed because he has a six-year-old son Ted who was looking forward to Christmas and his Christmas has been ruined."
Chegwin is expected to be discharged in a few days.
