Richard Osman has revealed that he was recently rushed to hospital after waking up in "unbelievable pain".
During a new episode of his The Rest Is Entertainment podcast, The Thursday Murder Club author said he was taken to Charing Cross Hospital, where he had to have an operation after doctors discovered a kidney stone.
"I've had quite the week of it. I woke up the other night in pain and I had a kidney stone," he explained.
"It is the single most painful thing that has ever happened to me. The doctors kept saying it's more painful than childbirth but I'm not sure I can buy that."
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Osman described the experience as "unbelievably painful", before going on to thank "everyone at Charing Cross Hospital who were so great."
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"I was having liquid morphine and it didn't touch the sides," he added. "Then I had an op and they took it out. So I have the absolute joy of not being in pain."
In other news, it was recently confirmed that the big-screen adaptation of Osman's 2020 book The Thursday Murder Club will arrive on Netflix later this year.
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While a specific date hasn't been confirmed, Osman previously guessed that the film would release in either the summer or the autumn.
The Chris Columbus-directed film will follow a group of pensioners in a retirement home who gather to solve murders for fun, but find themselves caught in a real case.
Helen Mirren, Celia Imrie, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley will play the main protagonists, while supporting cast members include David Tennant, Naomi Ackie, Jonathan Pryce, Danny Mays and Henry Lloyd-Hughes.
The Thursday Murder Club is expected to premiere on Netflix in 2025.
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