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Piers Morgan ‘very snappy’ as ‘painful’ recovery set to take months

Piers Morgan’s wife, Celia Walden, appeared on Wednesday’s This Morning to issue a health update on her husband

Olivia Wheeler Content Editor Screen Time

10:33, 28 Jan 2026

Earlier this month, Piers, 60, revealed that he had been taken to hospital after he tripped on “a small step” in a London hotel restaurant(Image: Instagram )

Piers Morgan’s wife, Celia Walden, issued a health update on her husband on Wednesday’s This Morning.

Earlier this month, Piers, 60, revealed that he had been taken to hospital after he tripped on “a small step” in a London hotel restaurant.

The journalist and presenter, who hosts his Piers Morgan Uncensored show on YouTube, said he had fractured his femur in the incident and had to have a hip replacement.

Taking to Instagram on 18 January, Piers shared a picture of himself in hospital. He penned: “BREAKING NEWS 1. Tripped on a small step. 2. Inside a London hotel restaurant. 3. Fell like a sack of spuds. 4. Fractured neck of femur. 5. So badly I needed a new hip. 6. Recovering in hospital. 7. Crutches for 6 weeks. 8. No long-haul flying for 12 weeks. 9. New Year off to a cracking start! 10. I blame Donald Trump.”

Last week, Piers revealed he was home, writing on Instagram: “Back home. Love my Breaking News @coolcrutches – thanks so much @noholdenback & Chris. Perfect timing as President Trump is making a lot of breaking news in Davos.”

Piers Morgan’s wife, Celia Walden, issued a health update on her husband on Wednesday’s This Morning(Image: ITV)

And just yesterday, Piers even returned to work writing: “Back in the game. New episode dropping tonight, hosted from my home with a new bionic hip. @piersmorganuncensored.”

Appearing on Wednesday’s This Morning, Celia, 50, appeared on the show to talk about the latest headlines, where chat got onto her husband Piers.

Celia said: “A little stumble on the shallowest step that you could imagine. It’s amazing how the worst injuries are always the tiniest things, aren’t they?”

She added: “So, yeah, he wasn’t drunk. And I want to make sure that everybody knows that. Because the messages coming in are just constant kind of, ‘long lunch, was it?’ And I was like, ‘no, it was a coffee!’ But he didn’t see it [the step].

“Apparently, according to the surgeon, they said that if you just fall in that particular way on your side… anyway, he cracked his femur right across the neck and then had to have an emergency hip replacement.”

Last week, Piers revealed he was home and will be on crutches(Image: Instagram )

Celia was then asked how Piers was doing as a patient to which she said: “I mean, what do you think? Let’s just say that the messages flooding in have predominantly been, ‘never mind him, how are you doing?'”

She added: “Yeah, so it’s been a long, painful few days… for Piers, too. But he’s… I mean, it’s reached a stage where he’s got slightly snappy now because he’s very impatient.

“Of course, he can’t access the things he wants to and the snappier he gets with me, the more I turn into Kathy Bates from Misery.

“I’ve started slightly moving the remote control out of reach and then leaving Love Island on TV. There are little ways that you can get your own back…”

The journalist and presenter, who hosts his Piers Morgan Uncensored show on YouTube, said he had fractured his femur in the incident and had to have a hip replacement(Image: ITV)

Issuing a further update, she said: “It takes about three months, I think, to be back into… until he can play golf”, adding: “It’s a very long time, I know!”

Celia then joked she’s doing things to get out of the house, quipping: “Anything to leave the house suddenly seems really appealing!”

This Morning continues on weekdays at 10am on ITV and ITV X.

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