O'Grady recovers after adder attack

2:08pm Wednesday 3rd December 2008

Paul O'Grady has recovered after being attacked by a 2ft adder, his spokeswoman said.

The snake bit O'Grady's arm after slithering out of some firewood in O'Grady's home in the Ashford area of Kent.

The 53-year-old did not realise what had happened until he saw blood pouring out of his arm.

The Channel 4 chat show host drove the snake out with a broom.

He phoned a hospital after the incident on Sunday and monitored the swelling.

O'Grady told the Daily Mirror: "I didn't realise I was bitten at first but I looked at my right arm and there was blood gushing down from it.

"I saw two puncture marks and I realised I had been bitten - and it must have been a snake.

"It really started to hurt and then I saw a snake on the logs."

His spokeswoman said: "He's absolutely fine. He was able to do the show."

She said he was shaken by the incident but was able to see the funny side.