Taron Egerton sparks concern as he faints during debut performance of new West End play

Ukraine to help his Strictly Come Dancing partner Oksana Platero's grandparents, as well as covering the border for TalkRadio.The criminal barrister has taken to Twitter to hit out at social media users who have criticised his plans, claiming he is just another "celebrity".In a series of tweets starting yesterday, Robert explained his plans to travel to Ukraine's border with Poland to hopefully meet Oksana's grandparents.Since his announcement, the television personality has been inundated with support, but some cruel trolls criticised the move.The criminal barrister replied directly to one social media user, who criticised Robert as just another "celebrity".LifeOnTheJohn said: "How many 'celebrities' are going to do this."Like the ones who recorded songs for Covid. It's just media b******t again.The moon landed all over again."Robert hastily replied to the message in view of his 188,600 followers.He said: "Hi there, I hear your scepticism."I have collected evidence in international criminal matters and dealt with traumatised children in war crime cases."I hope I'm not 'one of those celebrities'.

Taron Egerton returned to play the lead in Mike Bartlett’s play Cock last night after fainting in Saturday’s debut performance.

Rocketman star Taron Egerton has reassured fans after fainting during the first night of his new play.The actor is currently starring in a revival of Mike Bartlett’s 2009 play Cock at London’s Ambassadors Theatre, and fainted on stage during a preview performance on Saturday night (March 5).Egerton was taken care of by a doctor in the audience, after which his understudy Joel Harper-Jackson stepped up and carried on the performance with the rest of the cast.A post shared by Taron Egerton (@taron.egerton)“As some of you may have heard, I passed out during the first performance of Cock last night,” Egerton wrote on his Instagram story wrote (via Huffington Post). “I am completely fine.

Independent. The “Kingsman” star’s understudy, Joel Harper-Jackson, stepped up and concluded the last 15 minutes of the show.The play’s director, Marianne Elliott, then took the stage to tell audiences that Egerton was “absolutely fine” after he rested and had a 40-minute break.Egerton assured his fans that he was OK in a post to his Instagram Stories on Sunday.

The star confirmed that he would be back on stage by this evening. He took to his Instagram stories in view of his 2.5 million followers to explain that he will be back shortly. He said that he has decided to put a “positive spin” on the incident and not let it hold him back.The actor then joked that “you’re supposed to do the full show and not just three-quarters of it".Taron said: "I've decided to put a positive spin on it and I would appreciate it if anyone who was in the theatre last night just said that I gave such a committed, electrifying performance that my body couldn't handle it and check out."That being said, apparently you're meant to actually do the full show and not just three quarters of it. “So I'll be back with a vengeance tomorrow night.”He then went on to thank his team and co-stars for “being so lovely".He specifically thanked Joel Harper-Jackson for doing the job of replacing him. He commended him as an actor and as a person. Taron added: "Thank you to the amazing team at the theatre and my wonderful cast mates for being so lovely."But mainly I wanted to say thanks to Joel Harper Jackson who stepped in to do the last bit of the play."Joel is an amazing actor and a lovely person.Thank you, Joel.”The stage play’s production team released a statement on Saturday night following the actor’s collapse. "During this evening’s first preview of Mike Bartlett’s play Cock at the Ambassadors Theatre, Taron Egerton fainted towards the end of the performance."A doctor who was in the audience attended to Taron immediately after the incident.“Whilst he felt fine, it was decided that Taron’s understudy, Joel Harper-Jackson, would continue in the role to complete the performance."

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J. Kim Murphy Taron Egerton has offered an update after collapsing on stage during the first performance of “Cock,” a revival being produced at the Ambassadors Theatre in London.During Saturday evening’s performance of “Cock,” Egerton collapsed on-stage about three-fourths through the production. The play was halted and the actor was unable to complete the show.

Taron Egerton is «completely fine» after passing out during his first performance of his new play, , at the Ambassadors Theatre in London on Saturday night.The 32-year-old actor took to his Instagram Story to address the incident, sharing they he'd be back in action for Sunday night's show.«As some of you may have heard, I passed out during the first performance of COCK last night,» he began. «I am completely fine.

The opening night of Taron Egerton’s new play didn’t go so well.

On the mend. After fainting in the middle of his theatrical performance, Taron Egerton issued a statement about how he’s feeling.

Rocketman and Kingsman star Taron Egerton was unable to finish his Saturday night performance of the new play, Cock, collapsing in the middle of its first show at the Ambassadors Theatre in London..

Taron Egerton has shared an update with fans after it was revealed he collapsed on stage during the opening night of his new theatre show. Rocketman actor Taron, 32, shared a statement on his Instagram page to reassure fans following reports he passed out on stage at the Ambassadors Theatre in Leicester Square on Saturday evening.

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Taron Egerton left fans concerned after he fainted on stage during the opening night of his new West End play, Cock.The 32-year-old was performing in a new production of Cock at the Ambassadors Theatre, in London on Saturday, when he passed out.According to reports, one of his co-stars stopped the performance and the safety curtain came down while he was treated.A doctor in the audience rushed backstage to help, with director Marianne Elliott appearing on stage with an update after a 40-minute break.She took the moment to quell everyone’s fears, explaining that Taron was ‘absolutely fine’ after the incident.Understudy Joel Harper-Jackson stepped in to his role when the play eventually continued.A statement from the play’s production read: ‘During this evening’s first preview of Mike Bartlett’s play Cock at the Ambassadors Theatre, Taron Egerton fainted towards the end of the performance.‘A doctor who was in the audience attended to Taron immediately after the incident, and whilst he felt fine, it was decided that Taron’s understudy, Joel Harper-Jackson would continue in the role to complete the performance.’Taron has yet to speak out publicly over his health scare.Cock will return to the stage for the next scheduled performance on March 7, and will run until June 4.Damian Hurley pays tribute to 'father figure' Shane Warne following his death aged 52Charli XCX gets real about perils of social media expectations: 'People see me as tough''Gutted' Ed Sheeran spoke to Shane Warne on phone days before 'amazing' friend's deathThe production, a rendition of Mike Bartlett’s 2009 play, also stars Jonathan Bailey, Jade Anouka and Phil Daniels.The synopsis reads: ‘John (Jonathan Bailey) is happy in himself, and with his boyfriend

The opening night of Taron Egerton’s new play didn’t go so well.

Opening night of Taron Egerton‘s play did not go as expected.

James Martin, 49, has spoken out in defence of the Yorkshire Shepherdess as he discussed a potential increase in produce prices.Speaking on the Welcome to Yorkshire ‘Talkshire’ podcast, the ITV chef urged listeners to support their local producers and farmers.James also commended farmers like Amanda who do their job for “passion” and not to secure “the latest Range Rover”.The chef explained: “The sheep farmers need all the help they can because you know the imports are coming in from New Zealand.“So anything you can possibly do to support the produce from this country and from the county and your local produce as well is so vital.“And no more so than anything else now as we sort of explained that Brexit settlement.“You know, it’s going to be quite tough.They’re positive everything’s going up.”He added: “It’s very difficult.

Piers Morgan, 56, took to Twitter to react to an image of his former ITV colleagues this morning.To mark International Women’s Day, the women of the channel got together to pose for pictures, dressed in shades of pink, red and orange.Piers argued this was “great to see” as they were “dressing up in pink and proudly identifying as women”.However, the outspoken former host of Good Morning Britain couldn’t resist a swipe at “wokies” over the image.He argued that had he suggested they take the photo, he would have been branded “sexist”.In full, Piers penned to his 7.9 million followers: “As we approach #internationalwomensday, great to see ITV’s female talent all dressing up in pink and proudly identifying as women.“Of course, had I suggested they do this, the wokies would have branded me a sexist gender-stereotype-promoting transphobic patronising monster….”The image in question featured stars of GMB like Susanna Reid and Ranvir Singh.Lorraine Kelly, Holly Willoughby, Charlene White and Kate Garraway are all also in the snap taken to mark International Women’s Day.However, his tweet has been met with mixed reactions from his followers.User @RiaanNelZA wasn't impressed, writing: "You will find a way in news that has nothing to do with you..just so you tell the world who you are by saying you are not that..." (sic)While @AlisonMunday pointed out: "All dressed in pink? We're seeing a different photo."If I'm correct and there's also red and orange, sort of defies the 'all women in pink' stereotype tweet."@DanRK replied: "Still bitter about the ITV thing after all this time…"@Caldicot03 added: "That's because you don't get to decide how women should dress!"Others agreed with Piers' tweet, taking to his replies to share their

He said: "This storyline is just plot twist after plot twist. I've read ahead and it's exciting, very exciting."It's going to be a great crescendo to an ongoing storyline.

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Susanna's colleague has been among the brave TV journalists risking their safety to provide coverage of the heart-rending scenes playing out in Ukraine this week following the Russian invasion. While soldiers instructed Kyiv residents to leave their homes and warned of carnage to come, Richard Gaisford was presenting footage of the crisis for ITV.Aware that her colleague was celebrating his birthday amid the chaotic scenes, Susanna retweeted his latest post to more than 858,000 followers.She wrote alongside a photo of the star holding up a modest cake: "Happy Birthday Richard - spending your half century reporting from Ukraine."Stay safe and keep up the excellent work with your team," she added, punctuating her feelings with heart emojis.Meanwhile, Richard had simply written: "So there it is.