X Factor winner is rushed to hospital in excruciating pain after 'devastating' sport injury

Daily Mail​

27-05-2025

X Factor winner Myles Stephenson has revealed he has suffered a serious injury that will keep him off his feet for the next couple of months.
The singer, 33, who is best known for winning the ITV show in 2017 with band RAK-SU, shared a photo from hospital to Instagram showing his foot and leg heavily bandaged following the painful sports-related incident.
Myles confirmed his diagnosis and explained that he has 'ruptured his Achilles' while playing a football game.
'Only gone and ruptured my Achilles haven't I?' he told fans.
Facing an extended period of recovery, Myles admitted the reality of the situation was starting to sink in as everyday activities will now be a struggle on crutches.
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The Rak-Su singer, 33, shared a photo from hospital to Instagram showing his foot and leg heavily bandaged following the painful sports-related incident
He said: 'I've realised how stressful the next few months are going to be on crutches. Work, family, simple things like tidying/washing. I am not looking forward to it.'
Myles is now a hands on dad to his two young children, Shiloh, three, and Sahara, two, whom he shares with wife Keli Hall.
The injury is likely to present extra challenges for the family, especially given their son Shiloh's additional needs.
It comes after Myles revealed in January that his daughter Sahara was rushed to hospital after suffering a terrifying Febrile seizure.
He took to his Instagram Stories with a snap of the two-year-old in A&E after she 'stopped breathing' and 'turned blue'.
Myles said the incident was the 'scariest thing he'd ever seen'.
He captioned the post: 'This little princess had a seizure yesterday evening and stopped breathing and turnt [sic] blue! Single handedly the scariest thing I've ever seen!'.
'Her temperature spiked causing a (febrile) seizure. For any parents with young children please look up Febrile Seizures and research'.
Before adding: 'It will not only help your child but also you if it should ever happen, especially during flu season.'
Back in 2023, Myles spoke out on the heartbreaking discovery his son Shiloh suffered a stroke.
Taking to Instagram at the time, he told fans how he noticed Shiloh's right hand was constantly in a fist at just six months old, while they later spotted he was dragging his right foot while walking.
At the recommendation of family, they took him to the doctor for a check-up and he was later diagnosed with hemiplegic cerebral palsy having suffered a previously unnoticed stroke, with the damage to his brain irreversible.
Sharing a picture of himself with Shiloh at the hospital, Myles wrote on Instagram: 'Stroke awareness. The hardest part about being parents is the things that are out of your control.
'When Shiloh was around 6 months old we noticed he wasn't using his right hand & it was constantly in a fist.
'As first time parents we didn't think much of it especially because at his developmental checks we mentioned him seeming very left handed & this didn't seem of concern.
'He was pulling himself up to stand at about 12 months & it took him a further 6 months to take his first steps.
'When he started walking, we noticed he was dragging his right foot & family members recommended getting a GP appointment to make sure everything was okay. What unfolded we was not prepared for.
'Multiple appointments & eventually a MRI scan would later show that he had damage on the left side of his brain which had effected his right sided limbs.
'We was told Shiloh had a stroke sometime before, during or shortly after birth. Hearing the words hemiplegic cerebral palsy brought on a rush of anger, confusion & sadness.
'It wasn't being told that your son won't be the next Messi or Ronaldo that hurt. It was the thought that doing his laces, spinning spaghetti on a spoon or playing certain games with friends might be a challenge for him. The small things.
'But… ShiShi doesn't know any different, he figures out how to do things in his own way and although the brain damage can't be reversed we are doing everything possible to help strengthen the right side of his body!
'Shiloh has made so much progress & we are so proud of him taking on challenges he doesn't even know are there!
'Day by day we learn more & this is still very new but we are doing what we can.
'We share this in the hope that it will raise awareness for any other first time parents who notice something a little different in their baby as the sooner you can find out the better it will be in the long run.
'If there is parents or people with Hemiplegia reading this, Please message privately or in the comments of any experiences that have helped you and/or your loved one. ❤️ Thank you to our F & F who have support Shi & to the health professionals for helping us learn and understand more about how to help Shiloh.'
Myles said Shiloh was diagnosed with hemiplegic cerebral palsy, with the main symptoms of cerebral palsy bring problems with movement, co-ordination and development.
Problem signs in a child include delays in reaching development milestones such as not sitting by eight months or not walking by 18 months, seeming too stiff or too floppy, fidgety, jerky or clumsy movements, weak arms or legs, muscle spasms, uncontrolled movements, shaking hands and walking on tiptoes.
Hemiplegia means one side of the body is affected while monoplegia is where one limb is affected, diplegia is where two limbs are affected, and quadriplegia is where all four limbs, and usually the whole body, are affected.