Dan Walker has revealed he “cried in the toilet” while presenting BBC Breakfast during his appearance on Wednesday's episode of GMB.
The former BBC Breakfast presenter, 46, left the early morning show in 2022 to present Channel 5's evening news and now also presents Classic FM Radio.
Dan recalled that his early 3 a.m. start was one of the difficulties of his job and left him struggling with a severe lack of sleep.
Speaking to Good Morning Britain presenters Josie Gibson and Dermot O'Leary on the ITV Daytime show, Dan highlighted the downsides of getting up twice as early for work.
He said: “When I did BBC Breakfast, you know what it's like.” When the alarm goes off at three o'clock, that's way too early, that's just about time for the flight to Spain, isn't it?
Dan Walker, 46, has revealed he “cried in the toilet” while presenting BBC Breakfast during his appearance on Wednesday's episode of GMB
The former BBC Breakfast presenter left the early morning show in 2022 to present Channel 5's evening news and currently also presents classic FM radio (pictured with the BBC's Sally Nugent).
“I now get up around 5:30 a.m. or 5:45 a.m., which is basically a lie-in, and I feel great, I feel refreshed and I really enjoy the work that I do.”
“On Wednesday I was in zombie mode, so to speak. And you also get really emotional. On Wednesday I thought, at the end of the show you'll just cry in the toilet.
“Everything upsets you. Someone says something nice about your pants and you say it [fake cries].
'Not every day [he cried]but I think you just get a bit emotional when you're sleep deprived.'
This comes after the star revealed in November 2023 that he was told he had cancer during a horrific hospital stay in Poland.
The broadcaster was rushed to hospital after his kidneys stopped functioning and he was pumped with eight liters of saline solution.
His head also doubled in size and he had to walk around naked because his body was so bloated that he couldn't fit into his boxers.
Speaking on the White Wine Question Time podcast, Dan said he was forever grateful to his former colleague Richard Hughes, who accompanied him to hospital when the horror occurred in 2012.
Dan recalled that his early 3 a.m. start was one of the difficulties of his job and left him struggling with severe hardships
Speaking to presenters Josie Gibson and Dermot O'Leary on the ITV Daytime show, Dan highlighted the downsides of getting up twice as early for work
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He said: “On Wednesday I was in zombie mode, so to speak.” And also you get really emotional. On Wednesday I thought, at the end of the show you'll just cry in the toilet. Everything upsets you. Someone says something nice about your pants and you say it [fake cries]'
He said: “I was in Poland a few years ago to cover the European Championships and I had a bit of a strange knot in my stomach.”
“My breathing changed a little and I went to the medical center at the broadcast center there, and within two and a half minutes I was in the back of an ambulance on the way to a Polish emergency room.”
“And a guy called Richard Hughes, who is now editor of Match Of The Day, and a guy I had worked with for many years, dropped everything and came with me.
“You know times in life when you think that sometimes you need someone to hold your hand.”
“That night it actually got a bit scary – around two in the morning a Polish consultant came and told me I had cancer because they had seen some shadows on my kidney. He used the word tumor.'
But later Dan asked if the head doctor could look at his scan to be 100% sure it was cancer before calling his family and telling them.
He said: “At eight o'clock in the morning she came straight in and said, 'I've got good news, it's not a tumour.'
It turned out Dan didn't have cancer, but was battling a serious virus that was affecting the function of his kidneys.