Anthea Turner says she is in ‘pain’ after suffering a ‘nightmare’ injury forcing her to have surgery and wear a sling for three weeks.
The former Blue Peter presenter, 65, tore the tendons between her shoulder muscle and bone at the end of December as she ‘slipped on her pajama bottoms running downstairs’.
Anthea has now revealed she has had a successful surgery after going private at The Wellington Hospital in London.
The TV star shared a series of photos of her painful injury following surgery and revealed she is now recovering at home with ‘a party bag of killer drugs’.
She wrote: ‘Well I’ve had better weekends but the good news is the Rotator Cuff Tear that we thought was Bursitis is now all mended.
‘But Ohhh the pain – Now home with a ‘Party Bag’ of killer drugs.’
Anthea Turner says she is in ‘pain’ after suffering a ‘nightmare’ injury forcing her to have surgery and wear a sling for three weeks
The former Blue Peter presenter, 65, tore the tendons between her shoulder muscle and bone at the end of December as she ‘slipped on her pajama bottoms running downstairs’
Explaining the injury, Anthea continued: ‘Dec 30th slipped on the back of my PJ’s running down stairs WOOPS!!
‘Went to Paris for NY, then Tanzania, Kilimanjaro, came home thought this Bursitis is hanging round? My physio sent me to a specialist, had MRI and the worst news faced me, torn rotator cuff, not a thread attached.
‘And what was my first thought after swearing? You know me well …..How am I going to blowdry my hair.
‘Have this sling on for 3 weeks then gently will be working my t**’s off to rehab and strengthen my arm to hold a hairdryer. I the meantime I look like Worzel Gummidge even my curly hair is testing as I have to twizzle lots to make it play ball.
‘Now finding out how difficult it is using just my left hand, socks are are a nightmare and can’t even tie my hair up because you really need 2 hands for that one.’
Anthea thanked her millionaire fiancé Mark Armstrong for his help as well as friends and her doctor.
‘Mark is doing a great job but friends are feeling far more sorry from him than me, I’m a terrible patient’, she said.
‘Will keep you updated with what I can’t do. Thank you Mr Peter Reilly promise I’m being good.’
It comes after Anthea revealed why she still hasn’t married her millionaire fiancé, as she reflected on her infamous ‘Flake Gate’ wedding during an appearance on Vanessa Feltz’s Channel 5 show.
The TV presenter got engaged to businessman Mark Armstrong in September 2019 after a whirlwind two-month romance, but said she now prefers the idea of a smaller ceremony as big ‘flash’ weddings are falling out of fashion.
Anthea was previously married to property developer Grant Bovey, 64, in a lavish 2000 ceremony that sparked backlash after the couple posed while eating Cadbury’s Snowflake bars in a promotional tie-in.
Anthea has now revealed she has had a successful surgery after going private at The Wellington Hospital in London
The TV star shared a series of photos of her painful injury following surgery and revealed she is now recovering at home with ‘a party bag of killer drugs’
She wrote: ‘Well I’ve had better weekends but the good news is the Rotator Cuff Tear is now all mended. But Ohhh the pain – Now home with a ‘Party Bag’ of killer drugs’
Anthea said: ‘Have this sling on for 3 weeks then gently will be working my t**’s off to rehab and strengthen my arm to hold a hairdryer’
During a discussion about whether expensive weddings are worth it, she reflected on the extravagant day.
She said: ‘It was so extravagant, really when I think back now, I do remember thinking “this is not me, I don’t really want it to be so big, this was nowhere near what I wanted.”
‘But I sort of got bamboozled into the whole thing, and it got bigger and bigger and bigger, and then of course, a chocolate bar was stuffed in my face, and then that was the end of everything.
‘But I also think the tanker has turned around with these big flash weddings that we don’t think “oh how amazing now”, it’s like when people have big flash cars, it’s like, people with flashiness is actually going out.’
It comes after Anthea sweetly gushed that she’s been ‘given a second chance at love’ with her fiancé after two failed marriages and revealed she’s a grandmother after her stepdaughter welcomed a baby.
She was previously married to Radio 1 DJ Peter Powell, who she left in 1998 for property developer Grant Bovey. Anthea went on to be with Grant and they were married for 15 years from 2000 to 2015.
In a previous interview, Anthea said that her and Mark are planning on tying the knot next year and that she still feels positive about marriage.
Speaking about her upcoming wedding, she said: ‘I’m a woman who got a second chance at love and family life and I’m loving it.’
Asked if a relationship in your 60s is more about companionship rather than fireworks she disagreed, telling the publication: ‘Oh God, no, that’s not how it works for me.’
She went on to tell The Sunday Times: ‘Desire fades a bit in menopause but it doesn’t stay like that. I’m a fully paid-up member of the HRT club and there’s nothing like a nice new relationship for igniting everything again.’
She remains close with her ex Grant’s children and in the interview revealed that his daughter Claudia recently had her first child as she gushed: ‘I’m Granny Anth! I couldn’t be happier.’
Anthea thanked her millionaire fiancé Mark Armstrong for his help: ‘Mark is doing a great job but friends are feeling far more sorry from him than me, I’m a terrible patient’
Friends including Eamonn Holmes and Vanessa Feltz took to the comments to wish Anthea a speedy recovery
The TV presenter got engaged to businessman Mark Armstrong in September 2019 after a whirlwind two-month romance, but said she now prefers the idea of a smaller wedding
Anthea recently opened up on being labelled a ‘homewrecker’ after falling for Grant.
She left Peter in 1998 for Grant – who at the time was married with three young children.
Grant, a friend of Peter, left his wife Della and their daughters, then aged two, four, and seven.
While the saga played out like a real-life soap opera for the public, for those involved, it was a deeply painful experience.
She was branded a homewrecker – and reflected on that chapter of her life in an interview in October.
Anthea told the Telegraph: ‘I owned up to it, because when people split up and say, ‘There’s nobody else involved’, you know damn well there is.
‘I asked a solicitor friend to put out a statement because otherwise they were going to go poking around and something was going to get found out.
‘I look back on it all now, it was a series of unfortunate events.’
Anthea went on to be with Grant and they were married for 15 years.
They first split in 2012 and briefly reconciled before separating for good in 2013, and were divorced in 2015 on the grounds of his adultery.
The marriage ended after she discovered that Grant, then 52, was having an affair with interior designer Zoe de Mallet Morgan.Her discovery came less than a year after she had forgiven him for an indiscretion with another woman.
