Jason Manford's 'heart-stopping moment' after health scare

Jason Manford has suffered a "heart-stopping moment" as he gets set to join his family on holiday following his recent health concerns. The comedian was forced to cancel a number of shows last-minute last week, causing concern among fans.

He later revealed he had needed surgeryto have his appendix removed. The issue initially meant he was unable to carry out four scheduled shows - and also stopped him flying out on holiday with his family.

However, the father-of-six had other ideas and set about created a new travel itinerary so he could get to Portugal for the family getawaywithout flying.

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In his latest update, Jason has revealed he took a ferry to Bilbao for the opening leg of his 33-hour journey. Speaking from his vehicle, Jason told his followers on Twitter/X: "We got pulled into the side and the van searched and whatnot."

Speaking to his friend, he explained they were "looking at my padel rackets". Due to having his kids' rackets too, Jason joked: "I think he thought I was reselling them."

He added: "But the most worrying bit is when he went 'what's in there' which is like a box of stuff from Will Powders. And then opened this bag of collagen peptide which, let me show you, my heart was in my mouth."

Chuckling while opening the product, Jason said: "It's literally a bag of white powder." He then joked: "Got away with it though," as he sarcastically gave an evil laugh.

Jason has kept fans updated with his journey and health scare following last week's cancellations. Following the confirmation on Thursday that three more shows were to be cancelled, he took to social media to share an image of himself in a hospital bed.

Jason wrote: "Appendix surgery all went well, now in recovery with my Vimto, they serve it in all Manchester hospitals. Bit of a scary & extremely painful 24 hours but thankful to our NHS & my incredible nurse mum who’s a godsend in a health crisis!"

He followed it with a tongue-in-cheek piece of "advice" to his followers. He said: "My advice would be to not get Appendicitis whilst driving at 70mph on the motorway!

"Seriously though, I’m gutted that I’ve had to move the dates this weekend, and I’m sorry for the late notice to so many people in St Albans, Oxford, Lincoln, Skegness & at Kendall Calling.

"I thought I could get by on antibiotics and surgery at a later date so I could still do the shows, but was advised not to. Also means I can’t fly out to Portugal on Monday to join my family on holiday! Ah well, such is life. Thanks for all the ‘Get Well Soon’ messages."

While three of his four cancelled gigs are to be rescheduled, comedian pal John Bishop stepped in to take his spot at Kendall Calling.

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