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Your support makes all the difference.<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nRead more<\/span><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nJason Manford has shared an update from hospital after he was forced to cancel four shows and a festival appearance due to emergency surgery for appendicitis.<\/p>\n
The 44-year-old comedian said the appendix surgery \u201call went well\u201d, but the experience had been \u201cscary and painful\u201d in an Instagram post on Friday (1 August). <\/p>\n
In a follow-up post in the early hours of Saturday morning (2 August), he appeared in good spirits as he ordered pineapple and pepperoni pizzas to his hospital room as a \u201ccheeky midnight snack\u201d. <\/p>\n
Manford was set to perform his stand-up show, A Manford All Seasons<\/em>, on Thursday (31 July) in Hertfordshire. However, a last-minute update to his Instagram page informed fans that the gig had \u201cbeen unexpectedly cancelled due to Jason Manford being unwell\u201d. <\/p>\nA later post confirmed that an additional three events in Oxford, Lincoln and Skegness had also been rescheduled to November. He was due to perform at the Kendal Calling festival on Sunday (3 August), but was replaced by fellow comedian John Bishop, who joked that the appendix removal was \u201can operation that you should have had done when you\u2019re seven years of age\u201d.<\/p>\n
Sharing a photo on Instagram from his hospital bed with a cup of Vimto, Manford wrote: \u201cBit of a scary and extremely painful 24 hours but thankful to our NHS and my incredible nurse mum who\u2019s a godsend in a health crisis!<\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Jason Manford has been forced to cancel four shows and a festival appearance after falling ill (Instagram\/JasonManford)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\u201cMy advice would be to not get appendicitis whilst driving at 70mph on the motorway!\u201d<\/p>\n
He expressed his regret at having to reschedule the events and said that the health emergency means he will no longer be able to join his family in Portugal next week.<\/p>\n
\u201cSeriously though, I\u2019m gutted that I\u2019ve had to move the dates this weekend, and I\u2019m sorry for the late notice to so many people in St Albans, Oxford, Lincoln, Skegness and at Kendall Calling,\u201d he continued. <\/p>\n
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open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>Comedian appeared in good spirits as he recovered from appendicitis (Instagram\/JasonManford)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\u201cI 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\u2019t fly out to Portugal on Monday to join my family on holiday!\u201d<\/p>\n
Manford shot to fame for his role as team captain on Channel 4 favourite 8 Out of 10 Cats<\/em>, from 2007 until 2010. <\/p>\nThe Mancunian star has presented programmes such as The One Show <\/em>in 2010, Bigheads<\/em> in 2017, Children in Need <\/em>and Starstruck<\/em> in 2022. He has also enjoyed a stage career in London\u2019s West End, appearing in productions such as The Wizard of Oz, Guys and Dolls, Sweeney Todd,<\/em> and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n