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Daily Mirror
30-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi admits he worries about dying
EXCLUSIVE: Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi still has self-doubt despite huge success and continuing to sell out UK shows and also fears his own mortality Hard-living rocker Francis Rossi has admitted he is obsessed with his health and asks himself: "Will I last too much longer?" The Status Quo frontman has been open about his hellraising past, including a one-time cocaine addiction. But he said the fact that he is now 76 "gets to me most mornings". He explained: "My wife asks me when we have coffee at about 7ish, 7.30 am, she says, 'How are you today?'. I go, 'Well...' It's in the morning I get, 'What the f*** am I doing?' And how one's going to last too much longer. "And I can't get that out of my mind, whatever I do. I'll be alright as the day goes on. I'm going into the studio in a while. And then I look forward to the next meal, and that's it really." Francis confessed he suffers insecurity despite years as a rock star, waiting for things to go wrong and expecting the worst. He also told Hilary Jones on the Dr Hilary Show podcast that it still hurts if Status Quo are dissed or seen as a bit of a joke. Francis said: "I started practising quite diligently when I was about 38, and I have to do that every day, some form of it. "I've done vocal exercises already this morning, because although we've been off two weeks, we go back in September-ish, and I'm always paranoid about not being ready. "In fact, I'm dreaming at the moment of walking on and I don't have a guitar and I don't know what to say to the audience. I think that's the alternative to being a smug bastard really, I don't think, you know, 'I'm fine, they'll love me.' "And I've heard many people in my position or relative positions have that sort of approach, 'I'll be fine, they'll love me.' It's a showbizzy thing and whether that's their own facade, mine is sort of insecurity, I think so I will be doubly, doubly, doubly sure and expect things to go wrong. I always expect the worst. "My eldest son sent me a clip the other day, he said, 'You're being very guarded in some documentary.' I saw a clip of it, and I find it very difficult to watch. "But this person opened with the fact that, you know, 'You're seen as a joke, aren't you?' I said, 'Well, yeah.' So it's what I said to you, glass half full or half empty... people say, 'They're a bunch of d***heads, it's only three chords, they're not very good. Him and the blonde fella, they're funny, but they can't be real musicians or they wouldn't be that funny' and so on. "And so that goes in as much as you can try to be impervious to it, it goes in there. And so I figure it's better for me to view life from that point of view, anything from that is a plus." Francis formed Status Quo in 1976 and will celebrate a half century in music next year. And he revealed he still dreams of late band pal Rick Parfitt - who died aged 68 in 2016 - only to wake up and remember that they drifted apart before his death "for terrible reasons". He added: "A serious drinker like that, there are no one or two glasses of wine, and he just kept going and him and I just drifted more and more apart because of that. "We were so different by the time we were older. We were really, really, really close, fabulously close. And I dream sometimes about that time and then wake up and realise that we'd drifted somewhat for whatever reasons, terrible reasons.' Status Quo were among the rock elite in the UK, securing over 50 Top 40 singles and over 20 Top 10 albums. Guitarist Rick Parfitt died in hospital in Spain aged 68, in 2016. Parfitt's musical partnership with Rossi, which spanned five decades, made Status Quo one of British rock's most enduring acts. Quo found global success with hits including Rockin' All Over The World and Whatever You Want.
Daily Record
24-04-2025
- Health
- Daily Record
Inside Gloria Hunniford's concerning health update after sudden Celebrity Bake Off exit
Great Celebrity Bake Off star, Gloria Hunniford, has opened up about the symptom that led her to discover she was pre-diabetic in a candid chat. The 85-year-old star, who is a familiar face on the Loose Women panel, previously experienced a period of stress-induced weight loss but has happily reported that her "blood sugars are great" now. During an intimate chat on the Dr Hilary Show with Hilary Jones, Gloria recalled the process through which her pre-diabetes was diagnosed, tracing it back to an episode after the passing of her husband Stephen Way last year, who she was married to for 25 years. Recounting her story, Gloria disclosed: "It was diagnosed because I had a bit of blood in my pee and I went to the doctor and he said, 'I've got you now', because they obviously tested it out and there was sugar in the urine. "Ironically, since Stephen passed, I have lost a lot of weight subconsciously. I wasn't trying to, with the worry of it, with the anxiety of it, I lost a lot of weight. Since I lost the weight, accidentally if you like, my levels have been very good. I get my bloods checked every so often for various reasons, and so every time the GP will say, 'Your blood sugars are great' and it's ironic that that way round has helped the pre-diabetes." Although managing her health with diet and medicine, Gloria confesses: "I don't think about it too much, I should probably think about it more." Dr Hilary then highlighted a striking fact - while 4.6 million Britons have a confirmed diabetes diagnosis, an even larger group remains undiagnosed. The health professional explained: "It was discovered as an incidental finding, obviously you didn't have any symptoms, because people don't. "And the astonishing fact is that there are 4.6 million people living with diagnosed diabetes, but 6.4 million who have the condition that you've got with elevated levels of blood sugar, who won't know about it, and trying to control it with lifestyle measures. That's the important thing because it raises the risk of true type 2 diabetes." The NHS categorises pre-diabetes as blood sugar levels that are higher than normal but not yet high enough to constitute diabetes, otherwise known as non-diabetic hyperglycaemia. To control and keep an eye on this condition and reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, lifestyle alterations are recommended, along with an annual check-up for those identified with non-diabetic hyperglycaemia. The NHS underlines the importance of early diagnosis due to the serious risk of progression if left unchecked. Anyone exhibiting primary symptoms such as intense thirst, frequent urination (especially at night), exhaustion, unexplained weight loss, genital itching or recurring thrush, and blurred vision - to consult their GP promptly. While type 1 diabetes can develop rapidly, over mere weeks or even days, type 2 diabetes can be be harder to distinguish and can often go unnoticed for years, as the symptoms can be subtle or non-existent. Gloria's health confession comes after she was forced to suddenly quit Celebrity Bake off earlier this month where she had been a part of the Stand Up to Cancer special episode for Channel 4. Host Alison Hammond announced to viewers that Gloria had to leave the show after fans noticed her absence, stating that she was "not feeling very well". It was later revealed that the 85-year-old suffered a 'terrible' backstage fall and had to be hospitalised after her accident. In an Instagram post to explain her absence, she said: "Hi everybody, I just wanted to say how much I really, really enjoyed being on Bake Off. It was fun, it was interesting meeting Paul, it was a great experience - and, not having baked before, it actually taught me quite a lot. "It was a real shame that I missed being there for the showstopper because, unfortunately, I had a fall and ended up in hospital for some screening - but I was fine." She continued: "And I wanted to say as well that I am a great, great supporter not only of the programme, which I adore, but also of Stand Up to Cancer because not only, sadly, did I lose my gorgeous daughter to cancer but last year, very sadly as well, I lost my husband Stephen. "So cancer is very foremost in our family in terms of support. And I think that the programme, and what it does through the programme, is absolutely brilliant."
