‘It was a bit scary' says Ireland AM star as he braces partner for ‘bad news' after hospital procedure amid illness
IRELAND AM star Alan Hughes had to brace his partner for "bad news" amid his health scare.
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Alan Hughes had a procedure in hospital last Thursday
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Alan Hughes and Karl Broderick stepped out together at the Platinum VIP Style Awards 2025 at the InterContinental Dublin last Friday
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Although the exact cause of diverticular disease is still unknown, it mostly affects people over the age of 40 and causes a range of digestive symptoms - such as bloating and stomach pains.
Last Thursday,
The Dubliner managed to step out at the Platinum VIP Style Awards with his husband Karl Broderick the next day and revealed how he got on in hospital.
Alan told The Irish Sun: "I'm good. Got the all clear. Well... a little few things, but I'm okay.
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"I was in for a whole day, a procedure type thing. Colonoscopy, everything. So they're happy enough."
The 61-year-old explained how he got a fright when waiting for his results in hospital.
He said: "They [the doctors] were saying they couldn't see that [diverticulitis], and I may have got E. coli, and then I was like, 'Okay'."
Karl added: "You know what's so weird? I go up to collect them afterwards, and you kind of go, 'This could be bad news'."
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Alan said: "It was so long for the doctor to come back to me, and I'm texting him, 'It's bad news, it's bad news'."
The popular presenter revealed he had a hernia and the surgeons had to take some polyps.
Muireann O'Connell and Alan Hughes strike a pose ahead of award show
And Alan has a positive attitude as he waits for those results to come back.
He said: "They're being sent off, but he said, 'I'm sure they're fine'. But it was a bit scary, a bit touch-and-go. But it's grand."
Alan explained that himself and his husband we're delighted to be celebrating 10 years since since Ireland voted for marriage equality in 2015.
He said: "We're so proud of the people of Ireland who came out and did the right thing."
LOW-KEY WEDDING
When asked if the pair, who have been
"So I don't think we'll do anymore. We would have done it at 30 years, maybe, but we had a party instead.
"It was so funny, we'd about 280 in the round room for our civil partnership. And we had two people at our wedding, my brother and Karl's sister. They were our witnesses and that's all we did, and we told nobody."
Karl revealed: "He really told me three days beforehand it was happening, 'We're getting hitched on Friday'."
'BIG ONE'
Alan, laughing, added: "No, I didn't!"
He explained: "See, we couldn't have topped the civil partnership. I mean, it was an amazing wedding. And how you went down a guest list without people who were at the first one feeling they got knocked out of the second one.
"We had Brian Kennedy and the Dublin Gospel Choir singing in the church with Mary Byrne, and all the drag queens. And like, how would you repeat that again? A lot of people would be utterly disappointed. So you're just like, 'No, we're not gonna do that again'."
The couple have been producing Christmas pantomimes for 27 years and this year, they're performing Cinderella, which is a "big one".
Alan teased the "spectacular" performance saying: "We've got some big announcements to come. We're very excited.
"It's our fifth year in the National Stadium. We've got amazing names to announce... like, iconic names."
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