MUMBAI: Indian comedian Kapil Sharma has opened up on his spinal injury after his wheelchair-bound picture in January this year led to intense speculation.
The hit comedy show went off air as many wondered why the promised return of The Kapil Sharma Show was so delayed. The comedian had said that he had injured his back and eventually returned to screens in August.
In a new video, Kapil has now opened up on how he had hurt his spine and faced debilitating pain that kept him bed-ridden.
“I first suffered pain in 2015 and didn’t have knowledge about this. I was in the US at the time. A doctor gave me an epidural and I got relief from pain, but the problem stayed there,” Kapil says in a video discussing about the doctors who helped him.
Kapil added, “I suffered this again in January 2021. I had so many plans but I had to stop everything. I had to take my show off-air because of the injury. This pain leads to a change in your behaviour, you start feeling helpless because you can’t get up from bed.”
“And then people start telling you that you will gain weight by lying down all the time. You should start liquid diet. A person is already in pain and someone gives you a salad to eat, your pain is doubled. I have suffered a lot.”
He also said that initially, he thought his sciatica pain, which started in his leg, was because he used to run. In February this year, he had told a media outlet that he was fine and his back got hurt in the gym a few days ago.
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