Alison Steadman 'doing OK' after breaking metatarsal following fall
Gavin and Stacey star Alison Steadman is "doing OK" after breaking her metatarsal following a fall, and she has recently stopped requiring a walking stick.
Alison Steadman is "doing OK" after breaking her metatarsal following a fall.
The Gavin and Stacey star is back on her feet, after she was initially wheelchair-bound, nine months on from the incident in a Dubai restaurant, and she has recently stopped needing a walking stick.
Speaking on Lorraine, she said: "I'm doing OK. I'm back on my feet after eight/ nine months.
"I've just stopped using a stick. I thought, 'I've got to try.'
"It was a concrete walkway, and I just landed on my foot and it broke the metatarsal bones. Me and David Beckham."
Former England football captain Beckham famously broke the same bone in April 2002, just months before England's World Cup campaign - but he recovered in time to play in the tournament.
Alison is also pleased to be on the mend, ahead of her 80th birthday in August.
The Here We Go actress is "in shock" about approaching the milestone - but she has no plans to retire from acting anytime soon.
She added: "I'm in shock myself, I don't want to be 80. I want to stay 79.
"If I think of my grandmothers, they had a way of dressing that was suitable for them. The way we all dress [nowadays] is so different.
"Now, I'm wearing trainers all the time, because of my foot, and they've got a little sparkle on them.
"I'm not going to retire."
In February, Alison told how she had injured her hand and leg following an "absolutely horrible" fall in Dubai.
Speaking at the Emirates Airline Festival of Literature, she recalled: "There were beautiful seats laid out and a buffet.
"I went to get some pudding. I was walking along a concrete walkway that was not 100 per cent smooth.
"I tripped and it felt like I went up in the air about 5ft and then just crashed down on concrete.
"It was absolutely horrible. I landed on this foot and this hand and was in absolute agony."
Alison's injuries were so severe medics thought she may have fallen from a camel.
She added: "I said, 'What camel? I didn't fall off a camel!' "
