Comedian Alan Carr was left devastated after having to put his beloved Irish Red Setter, Bev, to sleep. Overwhelmed with grief, Carr didn't realize he had contracted salmonella poisoning while filming an Agatha Christie documentary.
Alan Carr was left devastated when he had to say goodbye to his beloved Irish Red Setter, Bev. In 2022, the comedian's ex-husband, Paul Drayton, shared the heartbreaking news on social media that they had to make the difficult decision to put their cherished pet to sleep. He wrote: "It is with a heavy broken heart that myself and Alan @chattyman had to make the hardest decision to make our last act of love and let our Bev go.
However, the 48 year old funnyman – who's back on TV with the quiz shows Alan Carr's Picture Slam and Password – revealed that his grief over losing Bev was so overwhelming that he didn't realise he had contracted salmonella poisoning. The potentially deadly illness struck when he filming an Agatha Christie documentary in character as Hercule Poirot.
Speaking to Seann Walsh and Jack Dee on their Oh My Dog! podcast, Alan confessed: "When Bev went I've never known grief like it. There was a salmonella outbreak, and when she was put down I had a chicken sandwich the same day. I rang my mum and I said: 'Bev's gone, and I don't feel well.' And she said: 'You're grieving, people grieve in different ways.'"
"Fortunately, Alan quickly recognised that his symptoms were more than just grief and sought medical attention, successfully avoiding a major health crisis.Alan also shared a spooky tale with Seann and Jack about how his dog Bev could 'see ghosts' and would alert him and his mum to 'a presence in their home'.
In Alan Carr's Picture Slam, on BBC 1 on Saturday, 28 September at 5.30pm contestants must correctly identify the images on a board for the chance to win £10,000. Meanwhile, in Password, on ITV1 and ITVX at 10.10pm, stars guess mystery words across multiple rounds in another attempt to win a £10k prize.
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