BBC The Tourist star Jamie Dornan hospitalised after brush with 'toxic' caterpillars
dailyrecord.co.ukIrish actor Jamie Dornan admitted he's 'lucky to be alive' after he encountered toxic caterpillars during a lads' holiday. The Tourist star, 41, was on holiday in Portugal with friends including Scots journalist Gordon Smart, when he started suffering from heart attack symptoms which were most likely to have been caused by 'toxic' caterpillars.
He had to be hospitalised due to the pain, writes The Mirror. His mate Gordon, 43, also experienced some of the symptoms while they were at the golfing resort.
Doctors asked Gordon how much they had to drink the night before before concluding that the symptoms were caused by caterpillars.Gordon said: "It turns out we’d brushed up against hairy processionary caterpillars and have been very lucky to come out of that one alive.
Speaking on The Good, the Bad and the Unexpected podcast, Gordon said that the group had a 'great' first day at the hotel. And just 24 hours later he started feeling 'tingling in his left hand and tickling in his left arm'.
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