Alison Steadman was spotted out in a wheelchair, being supported by her partner, Welsh actor Michael Elwyn this week, after a recent fall.
The Gavin & Stacey star, 78, suffered a suspected hairline fracture of her right leg and smashed her right hand in a fall at an event in the Dubai desert.
She has been in a wheelchair and ‘a lot of pain’ since the drama in January, and was seen out for the first time on Thursday since returning from Dubai.
Alison was wearing a large grey cast on her foot while sitting in a wheelchair, which was pushed by Michael, 82.
She wore a white and black floral blouse and cream cardigan, teamed with leggings and a comfy sandal on her left foot.
Despite the injury, Alison insisted her show must go on, and so she was wheeled on stage at the Emirates Airline festival of literature in Dubai to promote her memoir, Out of Character, just days after the accident.
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Alison Steadman was spotted out in a wheelchair, being supported by her partner, Welsh actor Michael Elwyn this week, after a recent fall
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The Gavin & Stacey star, 78, suffered a suspected hairline fracture of her right leg and smashed her right hand in a fall at an event in the Dubai desert
She tripped and fell on a concrete walkway at an event called Desert Stanzas, in which authors and guests are driven 45 minutes out of Dubai into the desert to listen to poetry.
Alison was walking to the buffet from an area where guests sit on cushions on the floor when she fell hard, smashing her right side.
She said: ‘The path was uneven and I went flying. At the hospital I had tablets for the pain. It’s been terrible.
‘I don’t think I’ve broken my leg but I twisted it badly so there could be a hairline fracture.’
Her leg, hand and wrist were bandaged and her right foot is in a boot to help it heal.
It comes after Gavin & Stacey fans were left in total shock as they realised that actress Alison sounds completely different to her character Pam Shipman.
Alison spoke as part of the documentary A Fond Farewell which aired on Wednesday night after the Christmas Day finale special.
Many noticed she didn’t have the strong Essex accent she is famous for on the show as they had never heard her speak not in character before.
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She has been in a wheelchair and ‘a lot of pain’ since the drama in January, and was seen out for the first time on Thursday since returning from Dubai
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She said: ‘The path was uneven and I went flying. At the hospital I had tablets for the pain. It’s been terrible’
They penned on X: ‘I keep forgetting that Alison does not actually talk like Pam. #GavinandStacey.’,
‘It always sh**s me up when the Gavin and Stacey cast have posher accents than in the show. I fully forget they’re real people. #GavinandStacey.’
Gavin and Stacey: The Finale drew in a whopping 12.5 million viewers to become the most watched show on Christmas Day.
Viewers had been waiting for five years to learn the fate of the BBC sitcom’s beloved characters and see if Smithy had accepted Nessa’s proposal.
The final episode was hailed ‘perfect’ by viewers, who were left in tears as the long-running show finally aired its last episode after 17 years.
The BBC won the battle of the channels when it came to ratings as 10 million also tuned in to watch the return of Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl.
The series, which debuted back in 2007 after being created by stars James Corden and Ruth Jones, concluded with on/off lovers Smithy and Nessa finally declaring their love for one another and tying the knot, but not without a few hiccups along the way.
Smithy was originally set to wed his girlfriend Sonia, with it revealed he’d never given an answer to Nessa’s proposal, which provided the cliffhanger to the show’s 2019 Christmas Special.
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It comes after Gavin & Stacey fans were left in total shock as they realised that actress Alison sounds completely different to her character Pam Shipman
Alison Steadman grilled on Gavin and Stacey Christmas special
But after the entire Shipman/West clan finally declared that he was making a mistake, Smithy finally declared his love for Nessa, proposing to her in an emotional scene at Southampton Docks.
The episode then cut to Smithy and Nessa exchanging their vows at long last in an intimate ceremony in Barry, with the series ending with an emotional montage of the family marking the occasion at The Dolphin pub, before posing for a family snap together.
James and Ruth also have a book about the show due out next Autumn called When Gavin Met Stacey and Everything in Between: A Story Of Love And Friendship.
Despite ruling out a return to the series, James has said he wants to work with Rith again.
He said: ‘We don’t know if we have another idea in us but I can honestly say that if we didn’t attempt to try and even explore the idea of writing together then I’d be so disappointed.’
