BBC Breakfast host announces 'scary' health news after star's wife caught 'killer' illness

BBC Breakfast welcomed I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! champion Harry Redknapp on the programme this morning, where he revealed some "very scary" health news concerning his wife Sandra Harris.

The former Premier League boss says his cherished wife was struck down with sepsis, which "is a killer".

Sally Nugent introduced Harry and kicked off the segment by announcing the "scary news".

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She said, "Harry, first of all, we saw you speaking in that report there, and it sounds like when Sandra developed sepsis, it was a really scary time for you and your family. Tell us what happened."

Harry—who constantly praised his wife during his stint in the ITV jungle—confessed that things began with Sandra simply "not feeling well," but is uncertain where precisely the issue originated.

He revealed: "She got some antibiotics, and thought maybe she had a bit of flu coming or a headache and just felt under the weather that day," reports the Express.

"She didn't get any better, so we went and got some more antibiotics, then suddenly it spiralled a bit from there.

"The problem is I didn't know what sepsis was, really, it was all new to me. Even now, there are so many people out there who don't realise what sepsis is."

Sandra initially contracted the condition in 2018 following a kidney infection.

The star has joined forces with the UK Sepsis Trust to boost awareness of the illness and help "get lifesaving information in front of as many people as possible".

"If you feel unwell and you've got symptoms - clamminess, headache, and just feel under the weather - you've got to get in touch with the doctor, because look at the results, what happened to [MP Craig Mackinlay], he was very lucky to even survive."

Mackinlay had all four of his limbs amputated after battling sepsis and falling into an induced coma.

Harry went on to say, "You know, it is a killer. 50,000 people died of it last year, and as we said earlier, that's more than three of the major cancers put together.

"It's vital if you don't feel good, get to the doctor and get treatment. You can come through it okay, but we have to be aware of what sepsis is, and it is a killer for sure."

BBC Breakfast airs daily at 6am on BBC One.