BBC presenter rushed to hospital after 'bone breaks off' in 'terrifying' freak accident
BBC Radio Ulster presenter Stephen Nolan was absent from his breakfast programme following a dash to A&E.
BBC presenter Stephen Nolan has been "rushed to hospital" following a "horrific" accident at home.
The 50-year-old BBC Radio host was noticeably absent from his breakfast show on BBC Radio Ulster, as stand-in Chris Buckler announced the shocking news that the host had been taken to hospital.
Speaking via telephone line to his radio station, Stephen disclosed that he had spent six hours in A&E, which caused him to miss his show.
"I was trying to move 10 boxes of tiles. I didn't realise how heavy tiles were so they all landed on my big toe," he informed Chris and the listeners.
However, stand-in Chris and the team were amusingly sceptical about the "excuse".
"There is a little bit of kind of reluctance to believe any of this inside your team this morning... because they don't believe for a second that you actually do anything like physical manual labour," he quipped on air.
"You basically employ people to move things... So what have you been doing? Have you run out of men?"
"Have I run out of men?" he responded. "There's another front page story. Last night I was on the ground with all of these tiles on top of me and I started thinking, 'What have I done?'"
Stephen revealed that the hospital visit showed "there is a wee sliver of a bone that has broken off".
The host then proceeded to commend the hospital staff, stating: "The staff were fantastic, thank you very much to all the staff up at the Ulster Hospital. It was terrifying, it really was."
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Stephen took to social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, on Thursday evening to share news of his unfortunate mishap.
"Today hasn't been good," he posted. "Massive pile of floor tiles which are not fitted yet standing up in boxes - I underestimated their weight and pulled them towards me to open a drawer they were leaning against.
"They landed on my foot as I went crashing to the floor. Not a good look and my big toe is swelling!"
Fans quickly responded to the post with messages of concern for the star.
One wrote: "That's sounds painful, hope you're okay (and the tiles didn't break!)" (sic)
Another penned: "Hope you haven't broken anything!"
"There's always someone having a worse day," commented a third.
However, fans can rest easy, as Chris confirmed that original host Stephen would be "back with his injured toe on Monday."
