ITV News' Rageh Omaar is 'doing truly well' aft helium fell sick during a unrecorded broadcast past month, workfellow Charlene White has revealed.
Viewers were near shocked aft the presenter was seen slurring his words arsenic helium introduced the past quality point connected the News astatine 10 bulletin, and his near oculus appeared to commencement drooping, causing galore to fearfulness helium was unwell.
Some were reportedly truthful terrified that a changeable caregiver rang ITV to accidental helium needed contiguous aesculapian help, which helium received pursuing the incident.
Now chap big White has issued an update connected her colleague's condition, adding that the presenter would speech astir the acquisition erstwhile helium has recovered.
Speaking astatine the BAFTA TV Awards past night, the ITV News and Loose Women prima told The Sun: 'Rageh is doing truly well. I deliberation erstwhile helium wants to speech astir what happened past helium will.
ITV News' Rageh Omaar is 'doing truly well' aft falling sick during a unrecorded broadcast past period (pictured), workfellow Charlene White has revealed
Now chap big White (pictured, connected Loose Women) has issued an update connected her colleague's condition, adding that the presenter would speech astir the acquisition erstwhile helium has recovered
Viewers were near shocked aft the presenter was seen slurring his words arsenic helium introduced the past quality point connected the News astatine 10 bulletin, and his near oculus appeared to commencement drooping, causing galore to fearfulness helium was unwell
'ITV News is simply a family, we person been checking up connected him regular and continuously successful information to marque definite helium has the enactment helium needs.'
The ITV News' planetary affairs analogous was taken to infirmary soon aft the incidental and has been astatine location recovering with his wife.
This comes aft Good Morning Britain presenter Richard Madeley said Omaar should beryllium capable to instrumentality to screens 'soon'.
He told viewers: 'Apparently he's making a bully betterment astatine home, should beryllium backmost connected surface soon.'
His co-host Susanna Reid that they wished Mr Omaar 'all the precise best' during the programme.
The time aft the incident, Mr Omaar released a connection saying helium was determined to implicit the programme alternatively than manus implicit to a stand-in.
He said: 'I would similar to convey everyone for their kindness and bully wishes, particularly each the aesculapian staff, each my fantastic colleagues astatine ITV News, and our viewers who expressed concern.
'At the time, I was determined to decorativeness presenting the programme.
'I americium grateful for each the enactment I've been given.'
Some viewers voiced concerns implicit ITV's handling of the incident, with broadcasting regulator Ofcom facing calls to analyse the studio's attraction of the quality anchor.
An ITV connection the time aft said: 'Following aesculapian attraction astatine hospital, helium is present recovering astatine location with his family.
'We are wishing Rageh a speedy betterment and look guardant to him being backmost connected surface erstwhile helium feels ready.'
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