SIR BILLY Connolly tells fans his Parkinson's disease "will end me" in an emotional new documentary set to air over Christmas.
The beloved comedian was diagnosed with the condition - in which parts of the brain become progressively damaged over many years - in 2013 and he will reportedly admit that he is "OK" now with what the future holds. "It was obvious from my movement, that I wasn’t who I used to be.
And so I had to explain it.. just to say that I am not defined by it," Billy says. "It’s got me and it will get me and it will end me but that’s OK with me." The Sun revealed earlier in 2020 that Sir Billy would no longer be performing stand-up comedy, and in the documentary, airing on ITV, the 78-year-old shares: "I started low and I.