DIY SOS star Nick Knowles – who is back with a repeat of the show this weekend (October 11) – once revealed he didn’t tell anyone about his struggle with Long Covid out of fear he wouldn’t get work.
He opened up about his Covid struggle back in 2021. The DIY SOS star said the aftermath of having Covid left him with shortness of breath.
DIY SOS star Nick Knowles on Covid battle
Appearing on ITV’s Lorraine back in November 2021, Nick spoke about his experience dealing with Covid.
he told the host: “I had it really bad right at the start of lockdown.
“Me being impatient tried to get straight back into exercise directly afterwards,” he then continued.
“There seems to be some correlation or suggestion now that going too hard and exercise too soon after Covid can cause you problems.”
DIY SOS star Nick Knowles on health battle
He continued: “I had, what my doctors described, Long Covid for about 10 months.
“No energy at all. Absolutely knackered the whole time. I didn’t want to tell anyone because I thought I wouldn’t get a booking for work, so I kept it to myself.”
Nick – who recently tied the knot for the third time to wife Katie – said he had to take short breaks during work because he had shortness of breath.
Recently, Katie has been having health problems of her own. She recently revealed that she’d undergone a hysterectomy after enduring “years of pain”.
“I’ve lived with pcos, endometriosis and adenomyosis since Moses wore short pants. And no, it wasn’t ‘just a bad period,'” she said in a post on social media sharing news of the op.
The presenter is currently on screens with his BBC show DIY SOS. It airs Saturday (October 11) at 3.15pm on BBC One.
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