Ricky Gervais feared he was dying of everything from cancers to radiation poisoning during recent stomach illness

msn.com:

Ricky Gervais became convinced he was dying of everything from cancers to radiation and cyanide poisoning during his recent bout of agonising stomach illness.

The ‘After Life’ creator, 61, who has admitted to fans he’s a hypochondriac, was stricken earlier this month by vomiting and diarrhoea in the middle of the night that was so severe he told fans in a tweet on 12 May he had been hit by the “worst illness of my life”.

Graphically detailing the sickness in an online chat with fans, a filly recovered Ricky has now said: “What happened was, it was Wednesday night, about 1am, and I had a pain in my side that woke me up – like a shooting pain.

It was like ‘Aaaaah – that never happens. ’ “It was like, ‘Ooh, what was that?’ Then it happened again. My first thought was obviously – liver cancer, right? “And in the middle of the night, you’re convinced – that it is, I’ve blown it, you know? “I got another pain, and it was, ‘Oh, oh God. ’ And I felt sick.