GOGGLEBOX star Mary Killen has revealed she was forced to quit booze three years ago after a bout of severe food poisoning. The Channel 4 regular suffered from bacterial infection campylobacteriosis, which she believed she got from eating "grubby" vegetables.
Mary's symptoms were so severe that she was left vomiting and suffering with diarrhoea for five days. Despite taking medication to ease her symptoms, Mary said her bout with food poisoning has left her unable to enjoy alcohol ever since.
The author explained she had such a bad reaction that even the smell of wine makes her "recoil" and she can't drink anything more than a lemonade nowadays.
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