Vic Reeves taken to hospital after collapsing at friend's wedding in Poole

Right · 2Comedian Vic Reeves, whose real name is Jim Moir, collapsed at a friend's wedding at the Hotel du Vin in Poole, Dorset, last weekend and was taken to hospital by paramedics. 1 2 Right · 2A source at the venue, quoted by the Daily Mail and repeated by GB News, said Reeves, 67, had been telling jokes and entertaining guests when there was a commotion, staff were asked to call an ambulance, and he was wheeled out by paramedics. 1 2 Right · 2Both outlets report that he had apparently pushed himself too hard; GB News describes this as something reports suggest, while the Daily Mail says he 'overexerted himself'. 1 2

Right · 1Reeves's representative told the Daily Mail: 'He was checked over and given a clean bill of health.' 1 Right · 1The Daily Mail noted he was in Poole with his wife, Nancy Sorrell, 52, and that the couple took a boat trip around the harbour. 1 Right · 1The Daily Mail also recalled past reports about his drinking, including a 2005 drink-driving ban of 32 months and a claim by a friend of his wife's, reported by the Sunday People, about his alcohol intake; the article does not say alcohol was a factor in the collapse. 1

Right · 1GB News instead linked the collapse to his medical history, noting that in 2021 he disclosed an inoperable, benign vestibular schwannoma, described as the size of a grape, which left him completely deaf in his left ear; neither article says the tumour was connected to the incident. 2