Comedian Bobby Davro has shared a health update six weeks after suffering a stroke. The
Actor and comedian, 65, has been recovering from a minor stroke after collapsing at a
comedy show back in January. The former EastEnders star had walked off stage following after receiving a standing ovation from the audience at his sold-out gig. The former soap star suffered what he has described as a "funny turn" at the Coulsdon Comedy Club, South
London. It came after he was forced to cancel appearances after taking ill during a gig. He was said to have been "struggling" in the wake of his late fiancée Vicky Wright's death in May last year . Vicky - the daughter of late footballer Billy Wright - had previously been diagnosed with pancreatic
cancer . Bobby suffered a stroke back in January ( Image: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock) The former soap star has a new lease of life ( Image: Dave Benett/Getty Images) At the time the news broke of Bobby's stroke, a representative for the star confirmed to the Mirror that Bobby – who rose to fame as a comedian before taking on acting roles including as Vinnie Monks in the
BBC soap opera – became "unwell" at a gig last week. He then cancelled further upcoming appearances. A source said at the time: "Bobby was taken unwell during a gig last week in Surrey. Everyone in the crowd were hugely concerned about him. Bobby has now cancelled his upcoming gigs and is taking some time out. He has been struggling since the loss of his fiancée Vicky last year but threw himself into work to try and keep his mind off it." Bobby has now shared an update on his health and revealed that he lost all feeling in the left side of his body at the time of his stroke. The former EastEnders star was rushed to hospital where MRI scans confirmed a haemorrhagic stroke caused by a bleed on the brain. Opening up about life after the stroke, Bobby has told The Sun that the health scare has been a serious 'wake-up call' for him. Six weeks after suffering the stroke, Bobby has said: "It was a wake-up call, a warning, really, because my blood pressure was through the roof. “I never had myself down for a stroke; heart attack or erectile dysfunction, perhaps, but never a f**ing stroke because I always felt quite healthy. But what really got me through was all the love." “It's really put life into perspective because one of the best things to come of it has been hearing from people who haven’t been in touch. It makes you realise they do care.” Last year, Bobby paid tribute to his late fiancée, who he was with for 12 years before proposing, following the news of her death. At the time, he said on X, formerly known as Twitter: "It's been just over a week since my beautiful [Vicky] left this world and it's only now I feel strong enough to share my feelings." He went on to thank people for supporting him. Bobby said: "I want to thank everyone for their support and expressions of love and kindness you have shown me and Vicky's family and loved ones." Bobby added: "To think we will never hear her voice to hear laughter look into her beautiful eyes see her smile to hold her and to kiss her is devastating and so incredibly painful. She will be in my thoughts and in my heart forever. She was my Schluffe and I loved her and always will." In September, he shared his pride at how "strong" Vicky – whose father also died from pancreatic cancer – was amid her devastating diagnosis. He also opened up about how Vicky's cancer diagnosis cost him his on-stage acting career. "It was very difficult, it cost me my pantomime career," he said on TalkTV. "I was late twice and I didn't miss one show and I worked probably better than I had ever worked before because I needed that, that's my medicine - making people laugh, getting out there and working. I need that, when I am not working it upsets me. It was painful for me not to receive the support from my work area, they didn't support me at all. "In fact, I paid a price for it because I had to keep going backwards and forwards and she was in agony. Not one phone call did I get. They criticised me on a couple of things where I was late and got delayed because of this dreadfulness that was going on." Before Vicky's tragic death, Bobby explained he had been keeping himself busy with work in order to cope with the horrific news. Bobby told the Daily Star: “To see someone as beautiful as her with this illness is horrific. It’s so sad. It’s extremely, extremely, extremely painful. Thank goodness I’ve got my work, because it keeps my mind off this for a bit of time.” "I don’t want the fact I’m keeping working to sound selfish. Everyone who knows me knows it’s just a distraction for a bit of time from trying to help Vicky. I need to see people laughing, and I like that I can still make people laugh while dealing with this," he added. The comedian admitted he wasn't "looking after myself" as he watched his fiancée lose her battle with cancer. Speaking on a podcast called Eyes And Teeth, he told host comedy ventriloquist Steve Hewlett that he wasn't coping, which was recorded just days before Vicky's death. "I'm drinking, I'm smoking, I'm not looking after myself," the former EastEnder star said. "I have a little bit of grief in my life – my lovely fiancée has got cancer unfortunately and it has brought a lot of stress." He added: "I haven't done a lot of social networking because obviously I've had a few private issues with my fiancée and it's been difficult. So I haven't really had a chance to do a lot of social networking but I'm going to try and get someone in to help me so I can get it out there." Follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok , Snapchat ,
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