Miranda Hart has opened up about her years-long health battle after a mission on The Celebrity Traitors made her realise how far she had come. The comedian revealed that there was a time when she thought she might never even be able to enjoy a gentle walk in a park again.
During the latest episode of the BBC reality show, Hart joined the other contestants in a mission that involved collecting and assembling parts of large statues on a rainy Scottish hillside. “Three or four years ago, due to illness, I thought that I may not ever have a gentle walk around a park again,” Hart said.
What Illness Was Miranda Hart Diagnosed With?
In 2024, Hart revealed that she had been diagnosed with Lyme disease, a bacterial infection that can spread through the bite of an infected tick. She also spoke about living with agoraphobia and myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), also known as chronic fatigue syndrome.
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The illness had a major impact on her life and career. Hart explained that she struggled even while working on her hit sitcom Miranda, which made her a household name.
Speaking at the Cheltenham Literature Festival in 2024, she said, “I lost my joy.” She added, “I know that I hadn’t enjoyed my career in the way that I knew I could have if I hadn’t been ill.”
Hart also revealed that her health took a serious turn after Miranda ended in 2015. “I was housebound and bedbound for years,” she said and added, “I didn’t have a job, I didn’t have a social life. I didn’t have any responsibilities or identities.” She described that period as living “a half life [and] a very debilitated life”.
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