A Place in the Sun's Lucy Alexander shares hospital photo following op
A Place in the Sun host Lucy Alexander revealed to her Instagram followers on Tuesday (21.04.26) that she underwent gallbladder surgery.
Lucy Alexander is recovering from gallbladder surgery.
The Homes Under the Hammer alum cannot lift a finger for six weeks following the operation to remove the gallbladder, which is usually done to treat pain from gallstones or inflammation.
Lucy, 54, posted a shot of herself in hospital, hooked up to machines, on her Instagram Stories on Tuesday (21.04.26) with the caption: "Straight off my trip into a planned hospital op. Just recovering from GALL BLADDER surgery. Any advice or tips please DM.
"Thank you NHS for looking after me so well @kingstonhospitals. 6 weeks of no heavy lifting + resting. (sic)"
In 2024, Lucy became a permanent host of Channel 4's A Place in the Sun after she first appeared on the international house-hunting show as a guest presenter the year before.
And the star almost rejected becoming a regular face on the programme due to being perimenopausal.
Lucy is quoted by the Daily Mail as saying: "I wasn't sure whether I should take the job at first. Being perimenopausal, I was worried about having hot flushes in a hot country.
"I thought, 'Maybe this is just for younger people?' But then I thought, 'Come on, Lucy, don't be silly.'
"My friend Ruth Langsford gave me a cooling scarf, which helps - and I have no qualms saying to an all-male crew, 'Hold on, I'm having a hot flush, I need a minute.'"
And Lucy - who has EastEnders actress Kitty Castledine, 24, and footballer Leo Castledine, 20, with her 53-year-old husband, former Premier League footballer Stewart Castledine - thinks A Place in the Sun has come at a perfect time in her life.
She said: "I feel like my career is having a second wind in my 50s. Presenting A Place In The Sun is the most perfect job at a perfect time in my life.
"I spend most evenings googling holidays and houses anyway, and now my children are grown up, I can go away without worrying about them!
"Earlier in my career, I was always clock-watching, phoning the kids, helping them with their homework, but now I can stop and smell the roses."
