1 of 2 | Ruth Codd, who recently competed on “The Celebrity Traitors,” has had her second below-the-knee amputation. Image courtesy of BBC
Nov. 29 (UPI) — Irish actress and TikTok star Ruth Codd announced she has had her second leg amputated below the knee.
Codd, 29, is known for her roles in the live-action movie, How to Train Your Dragon, and TV shows Irish Blood, Celebrity Traitors, Midnight Club and Fall of the House of Usher.
She offered an update on her health this week, explaining in a post called “No legs who dis?” that she was back at her parents’ home, making TikTok content, but confined to the first floor because she can no longer make it up the stairs.
In a separate video posted before the operation, she explained to a tattoo artist that she had to have the surgery because she damaged her left leg by overcompensating for the injury to her right, using crutches for eight years.
@_fftv_ Ruth Codd opens up about the reality behind her second amputation – the pain, the humour, the resilience, and the choice to take back control of her life. A real moment of honesty from this week’s Under Your Skin with Grace Neutral. The full episode with Ruth is now live on our YouTube channel. Huge thanks to @forgetmeknottattoo for opening their doors to us – a West London studio built on craft, care, and proper good energy. ✨ This episode is sponsored by @killerinktattooeu • kings of tattoo supplies @drinksolocoffee • fuel for late nights and big ideas @bristolcbd • pure chill in a bottle @disturbiaclothing • fashion for the beautiful weirdos #UnderYourSkin #GraceNeutral #RuthCodd #TattooCulture #LatexHeartTattoo #AmputeeLife #DisabilityVisibility #Resilience #SurgeryJourney #Prosthetics #RecoveryStory #InterviewSeries #AlternativeCulture #InkLife #UKTattoos #FYP @grace.neutral @ruthcoddsnotdead ♬ original sound – FFTV
She lost her first leg because of complications stemming from a soccer injury when she was 15.
“I was always up on my tippy toes, so the joints in my feet were destroyed,” Codd said, adding her toes had initially been amputated before surgeons eventually removed her second foot and calf.
“My quality of life… it’s never going to get any better from this point. They can only kind of stop it from getting worse. The amount of health problems and stuff I’ve had the last year, I haven’t let it stop me from doing anything, but I feel like it has hindered me and made my ability to do my job more difficult,” she added. “I have been through this once before, so I think, with two prosthetics, I’ll be pretty unstoppable.”
