EastEnders star Ricky Champ’s wife Sammy was rushed to hospital as she was left unable to speak and with swollen eyes just hours before they were due to go on family holiday.
Sammy shares two children with the actor, who played Stuart Highway in the iconic soap from 2018 to 2022, and has been suffering from an ongoing health issue.
And with just hours before she was supposed to meet her acting husband at Disney, she was left with swollen eyes and was forced to get medical help.
In a Story shared to Instagram, Sammy shared a snap of her sore-looking eyes and her swollen lips as her skin broke out into hives.
Alongside the post, she penned: ‘What is the absolute one thing you don’t need to happen the day before you fly to Disney when you need to go shopping/ pack/clean/do washing…oh that’s right, wake up with your lips so swollen you can’t speak and eyes swollen shut so you’re in A&E at 7am.
‘One of the side effects of my gallstones and liver is severe hives all over my body every single morning that go away by bedtime then I wake up and it starts all over again.
‘Something due to the toxins etc (still not considered urgent though, still been told need to wait a year + for an op).’
After seeking medical advice, Sammy revealed her face had returned to normal and was no longer swollen ahead of their trip to France.
Ricky was one of five cast members to be written out of EastEnders in 2022.
Stuart was at the centre of a father’s post-natal depression storyline, with the character struggling to bond with his baby Roland.
He had struggled with his mental health after his diagnosis with breast cancer and he is having trouble adjusting to parenthood after he and wife Rainie (Tanya Franks) tried for a child for a long time.
Ricky first set foot in Albert Square back in 2018 and has landed a spell of intense storylines, including confessing to accidentally killing DI Steve Thompson (Philip Wright) – who later turned out be alive.
He also admitted to being a vigilante paedophile hunter which stemmed from being sexually abused as a child.
The actor’s additional ventures include his role as Paul Parker in the BBC Three sitcom Him & Her and a Games Of Thrones appearance as Gatins.
