Overview
- Brazil, 66, told listeners on Monday in a social media post that a recent procedure was “life-saving” and he thanked the medical team who treated him.
- He said he is recuperating in private and that it will take time before he feels fully back to himself, offering no return date.
- Jeff Stelling read out the update on talkSPORT as colleagues including Stelling and Gabby Agbonlahor shared on-air well-wishes.
- With Brazil off air for several weeks, Agbonlahor and Shebahn Aherne have been filling his usual Wednesday to Friday Breakfast Show slots to keep the programme running.
- The veteran presenter has fronted talkSPORT’s mornings for more than 25 years and previously missed two weeks in February with a severe ear infection, prompting widespread messages of support from listeners.