BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show host Greg James has shared an update with fans after taking time away from his radio show. The presenter opened up about his absence on Instagram, admitting he is "not in a fit state" to return to work.
Greg has been missing from his breakfast show for the past two days, leaving listeners puzzled. A few weeks ago, his father Alan suffered a stroke. Now, the BBC presenter has revealed that his father has undergone heart surgery.
In an Instagram post, Greg said: "Hello from my mum's garden! I wasn't on the breakfast show today as my dad was in for another go at heart surgery (it's been a wild few months and I didn't want to bore you with it all)."
He added: "But here we are. Back to square one. Waiting for news and staying distracted and keeping calm by making water features. All being well, back on tomorrow morning."
Greg later took to social media again to announce he would be taking another day off. He wrote: "What a great day! An absolute hoot in ICU. Surgery was much longer than everyone hoped. Big up my mum and my big sis. And the surgeons. And the NHS. What a gang. We've all gone mad."
He continued: "Real talk, surgery went ok but he's far from out of the woods so I'm gonna take it easy tomorrow and hopefully back on Friday. Plus, I'm in no fit state to be on the radio. I mean, look at me, I'm posting photos from intensive care ffs. Thanks for your lovely messages."
Greg's father suffered a stroke earlier this year, just before his Comic Relief challenge of pedalling 630 miles across the UK on a tandem bike over eight days, starting in Weymouth and finishing in Edinburgh.
The BBC star said: "He really wanted me to do this challenge which is coming up on Friday. He knows that and he knows how much it means to me. It's going to be extra mad and extra emotional now, hopefully I can count on you to be there." He asked fans to "keep big Al in your thoughts."
