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Talk show host Stephen Colbert has positional vertigo

Stephen Colbert has revealed he was diagnosed with positional vertigo in late October, the weekend before the 2020 US Presidential Election.

Talk show host Stephen Colbert

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Late night talk show host Stephen Colbert has revealed he was diagnosed with the condition – which causes episodes of dizziness when a person shifts their head, and can lead to falls – in late October, on the weekend before the 2020 US Presidential Election, which took place on November 3.

The 56-year-old said: “It’s almost entertaining, until I forget. And then I go to stand up, and then I just fall down.”

Stephen – who is the host of ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ – has now been told by doctors to keep his body at a tilt to prevent him from feeling dizzy.

Speaking to Vanity Fair for their December cover story, he added: “I’m coming to you right now from a very weird angle, slightly listing to port.”

Stephen Colbert’s condition stems from a problem in the inner ear

The diagnosis comes after Stephen has already been battling deafness in one ear, which he developed after having “this weird tumour as a kid”, which he needed to have an operation to remove.

Stephen’s procedure left him without an eardrum in his right ear, and dashed his childhood dream of having a career in marine biology.

Speaking back in 2005, he said: “I always wanted to be a marine biologist … but then I had this ear problem. I have no ear drum. So I had this operation at the Medical University [of South Carolina] when I was a kid. Now I can’t get my head wet. I mean, I can, but I can’t really scuba dive or anything like that.

“So that killed my marine biology hopes. According to doctors, positional vertigo often goes away on its own after a few weeks or months, or it can be helped along with repositioning movements where a patient tilts and holds their head in certain positions to move particles around the ear canal. – BANG Showbiz

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