Carol Vorderman quits LBC radio show after ‘health scare’

Carol Vorderman has said she will not be continuing her Sunday LBC radio show after suffering “burnout” from working a seven-day week.

The former Countdown star said she suffered a “health scare” two weeks ago, that saw her stay in hospital overnight.

In a post on social media, Vorderman said she had travelled down to London but was “very unwell” and “utterly exhausted” with a “tight feeling” in her chest.

She said she ended up in hospital and underwent a number of scans and checks that revealed no underlying health issues.

Following the advice of family and friends, the broadcaster said she was taking the health scare as a “warning sign to slow down slightly”, announcing her decision to “cut my work back to weekdays for now”.

“I am very fed up about it, but I have made the decision that I can no longer do my Sunday show on LBC, which is a very hard decision to come to, but I couldn’t see anything else I could do,” she said in the Instagram video.

The 63-year-old said her time on the radio show had been “a total joy” and that she was “very sad about” leaving.

Vanessa Feltz will present the show on Sunday afternoon.

A statement from LBC said: “We completely understand Carol’s decision.

“Her health comes first, and everyone here at LBC sends their best wishes.

“Carol’s show has been an essential Sunday listen and while we know many people will miss her, we look forward to having her back on LBC, from time to time, soon.”

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Vorderman joined LBC to front her new Sunday programme, running from 4pm-7pm, in January of this year.

It came two months after she left her BBC radio show, saying she was “not prepared to lose my voice” after the corporation introduced new social media guidelines.

Vorderman was a vocal critic of the previous Conservative government and had several high arguments on social media with Tory MPs – though she recently criticised the new Labour government over the cutting of winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners.

She said BBC management decided that she should give up her Saturday morning show on BBC Radio Wales over a breach of the new guidelines.