JOHN Bishop has revealed how he was rushed to hospital with a broken ankle after a nasty motorbike accident.
The Liverpudlian comedian, 59, was due to take part in a charity bike ride on Sunday, but has been forced to pull out.
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Taking to social media the “gutted” star told fans: “I’ve got an announcement to make.
“On Sunday, I was meant to be wearing this shirt for Prostate Cancer UK during the Stage 4 ride with Chris Hoy.”
Pointing to his injured ankle which was in a leg brace, John Bishop said: “Unfortunately, I won’t be there. I won’t be able to wear this shirt this year because of this.”
The comedian then explained what happened: “I went out for a motorbike ride today with Tim Peake who’s a brilliant lad and a great motorcyclist and I learnt a lesson today – astronauts are better motorcyclists than comedians um and so it looks like I’ve broke my ankle which means unfortunately Ican’t do the ride.”
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The star then added: “Please continue supporting Prostate Cancer UK and supporting Sir Chris Hoy on his ride on Sunday.”
Fans rushed to share their concern, with one saying: “Speedy recovery John!”
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Another added: “From all your fans, please be careful on that darn thing. Get well soon!”
Before being in his 50s, John had never ridden a motorbike.
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He only got into motorcycling three years ago, after his late father-in-law left him his scooter when he passed away.
The comedian has since upgraded to a BMW bike, and uses it to ride to his gigs on his stand-up tour.
“I just thought ‘That looks like the proper way of doing it,” he previously said to ITV about his new fancy motorbike.
“So I then took my test – which is something I’ve always wanted to do.
“And I thought ‘Well, I can make it part of my tour’, so I can travel on the motorbike and do gigs along the way. So that’s where it came from.”