Miranda Hart was 'bedbound for years' after hit BBC sitcom ended and is 'not fully recovered'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukMiranda Hart has told how she was "bedbound for years" after her hit sitcom ended. The comedian and actress wrapped filming on her eponymous BBC show in 2015.
But at the time, nobody knew she was suffering with undiagnosed Lyme disease, which eventually became myalgic encephalomyelitis, a condition more commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome.
She told The Times: "I lost my joy and know that I hadn’t enjoyed my career in the way that I knew I could have if I hadn’t been ill.
I was housebound and bedbound for years. I didn’t have a job, I didn’t have a social life. I didn’t have any responsibilities or identities." READ MORE: BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans share 'gutted' response to Nick Knowles and Luba Mushtuk exit The TV star noted that she had a "total collapse" in the years that followed the conclusion of her acclaimed sitcom and eventually learned that she had contracted Lymes when she spent some time in the United States as a teenager.
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