Acclaimed broadcaster and presenter Darrell Currie has opened up on the health nightmare that has forced him to step away from the job that he loves.The Scot previously played a starring role in presenting BT Sport's (now known as TNT Sports) coverage of Scottish football working alongside leading pundits such as former Celtic star Chris Sutton and Rangers hero Ally McCoist.
Currie also garnered more widespread recognition when he memorably managed to probe Eden Hazard into revealing that he was set to leave Chelsea to join Real Madrid during a post-match interview after the Blues won the Europa League in 2019.But the 41-year-old has now shed light on a mysterious illness that has kept him away from our television screens for the past two years.
In September 2022, the Glasgow-born broadcaster was hosting BT Sport's coverage of Celtic's clash with Real Madrid at Parkhead in the Champions League when he began to feel excruciating pain which he said felt like a "bomb went off in my brain."In a emotional interview with The Athletic, he said: "It felt like a bomb went off in my brain.
The second it happened, I remember holding onto my chair. I felt dizzy, like I was going to fall out of my seat and pass out.