Legendary
comedian Billy Connolly has revealed he’s no longer able to share a bed with
his wife due to his Parkinson’s.
The
76-year-old comedian first revealed he had the condition in 2013,
heartbreakingly admitting later he felt his life was ‘slipping away’.
Now this
week he’s said the degenerative disease has him sleeping like a ‘wild animal’
with disturbed sleeping patterns forcing him into a separate bed as his wife of
30 years.
‘I sleep
like a wild animal,’ he told The Mirror over the weekend. ‘Laughing and singing
or having fights. Pamela has to sleep in another bed.’
His wife
still comes in to plump his pillows each night though, as the Scotsman known as
The Big Yin – now based in Florida – was worried he was becoming a pain.
‘So far, she
has never tutted,’ he added of his 69-year-old wife. ‘And she’s a rather
attractive nurse.’
The pair
have been married for 30 years (Picture: PA Wire) The star, who is still
working on his TV shows, despite stepping back from performing his stand-up
routines due to the condition, said he has ‘good days and bad days’.
‘One day my
hearing went, then my balance went, my sight got worse,’ he said. ‘It feels as
if everything is being taken away from you and you watch it go.’ Earlier this
year Billy bleakly said he felt his life was ‘slipping away’ as he battled the
incurable disease.
‘My life, it’s slipping away and I can feel it
and I should. I’m 75, I’m near the end,’ he said earlier this year on his
documentary Made In Scotland.
‘I’m a damn
sight nearer the end than I am the beginning. But it doesn’t frighten me, it’s
an adventure and it is quite interesting to see myself slipping away.’
At one
point, Billy had to stop filming as talking about it became too emotional.
‘Parkinson’s is strange because it’s not gonna go away,’ he said.
‘All my life
I’ve got sick, I’ve had flu and various things and they all went away. This
isn’t going anywhere.
This is
gonna get worse.’ Billy added: ‘It takes a certain calm to deal with. I
sometimes don’t have it. I sometimes get angry with it, but that doesn’t last
long.
‘The love
you have for people is still there and with a bit of luck the love they have
for you is still there.’
After his
comments worried fans, Billy was quick to note he was not dying and we all
needed to calm down.
Pamela later
shared a video of her hubby singing a song about his recent confession where he
reassures fans that he is ‘not dying.’
While
strumming on the guitar, he can be heard singing: ‘Not dying, not dead, not
slipping away. ‘Sorry if I depressed you. Maybe I should have phrased it
better.’
Source: Metro.co.uk
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