Bradley Walsh has opened up about another health struggle that drastically affected his experience filming the new series of Bradley & Barney Walsh: Breaking Dad, with his son Barney.
In the series, the father-son duo set out on an incredible adventure across Japan and Thailand. In the first episode, the pair attempted to cross one of Japan's most famous bridges, which is notorious for its instability.
The challenge clearly tested The Chase host's fear of heights, but he revealed that there's a lot more to it than that, admitting that he was suffering from "vertigo" in the moment.
Radio host Chris Evans recently had Bradley on his Virgin Radio breakfast show, telling him that: "You genuinely have the vertigo because you could tell."
In response, the 64-year-old said: "I know! People think I'm making it up," but Chris asserted that it was completely obvious, noting: "There's no way, you were white as a sheet." Barney also added: "It does terrify him."
However, it seems that Bradley's condition is not as bad as it once was, as he later said: "I'd like to think that since the early days, I've got a bit better."
Barney's experience on the show
On the show, Barney also confessed that isn't as confident with the more dangerous or risky stunts as he was when he was younger.
He said: "When we first started I was 19… when we were climbing up a rock face, or jumping out of a plane, I took that like a duck to the water."
The actor and Gladiators co-host confessed: "It was very, very easy to do those things. But now that the years have gone on – I'm 27 now – I'm having a go at some of the stuff we did in this series, and there are moments when you think, 'Oh, what if this goes wrong?' You don't have those thoughts when you're young.
See Bradley talking about working with his son below...
What is vertigo?
Dr Maroof Harghandiwal, GP at ZEN Healthcare describes the sensation of vertigo as: "the world spinning, swaying or tilting around you - even though you’re standing still. It’s a strange, off-balance sensation you get after stepping off a fairground ride, only you haven’t moved a muscle."
Dr Harghandiwal elaborated: "It usually comes from a problem with your inner ear, which is the part of your body that helps control balance. A common cause is something called BPPV (benign paroxysmal positional vertigo), where tiny crystals in your inner ear get dislodged and mess with the signals your brain uses to figure out where you are in space.
He concluded by explaining that: "Vertigo can last for seconds, minutes, or in some cases, much longer, depending on what’s causing it. Moving your head too fast, rolling over in bed, or even looking up can set it off. And because it messes with your balance, it can make you feel wobbly, nauseous, or just generally out of it."