Irish actor Ruth Codd, known for her role in The Celebrity Traitors, has announced she is recovering after a second below-knee amputation. The 29-year-old shared the news in a TikTok video posted on Wednesday.
Codd had her first amputation six years ago following a football injury as a teenager, which led to years of surgeries and chronic pain. She revealed that she had now undergone the same operation on her left leg.
In the video, Codd said: 'I've just had my second below-knee amputation. So, unfortunately, those facilities are not available to me at the current moment in time.' She also showed off her new wheelchair, which she has named 'Fat Tony', and joked in the caption: 'No legs who dis? #paralympics2026.'
The actor previously had all her toes removed in 2021 due to the impact of using crutches for eight years. In a recent interview, she explained that doctors told her her foot was 'never going to get any better', making it harder to work and perform.
Codd built a following on TikTok during the Covid pandemic with comedy sketches and disability awareness content. She has starred in Netflix series The Midnight Club and The Fall of the House of Usher, and appeared in the first series of The Celebrity Traitors earlier this year.
