Gogglebox Star Shaun Malone Recovering After Brain Surgery

Gogglebox star Shaun Malone has revealed he's undergone brain surgery, as he shared a health update from his hospital bed on Thursday.

The reality star, 31, had previously shared how a life-threatening infection during his teenage years left him with 'brain damage' after he spent a few weeks in a coma.

Shaun revealed on Wednesday that he was recovering in hospital after undergoing surgery as he posted a snap of his head stitches.

The star has appeared on Gogglebox alongside his parents Julie and Tom Senior since 2014.

He captioned the post: 'Heatwave is a terrible time to be stuck in hospital until Friday. Brain surgery is deffo not the highlight of my year.'

Shaun previously spoke about his time in hospital as a teen during an appearance on the Coaching From The Sofa podcast, where he shared that doctors gave him less than 10% chance of surviving.

He said at the time: 'In 2010 I got sinusitis and in some way, the infection found its way back to my brain. My brain started swelling and my skull started crushing it so my mum took me to A&E saying, ''Look he's poorly!'' and they said it was sinusitis.

'And then I collapsed one day at home and I ended up going into a coma and they said to my mum and dad that I had a less than 10 per cent chance of living.

'I was in a coma for a few weeks – and they said to my mum and dad, 'Shaun's got brain damage, we don't know what the brain damage is or how it'll affect him or if it's going to be really bad.

'And when I woke up my brain damage affected me in some ways, like my memory but mostly the way it affected me was with my left side. I essentially had a stroke, I couldn't move my left arm, my left leg, even the left side of my face.'

Nearly a decade on, he credited his job at Manchester United Foundation for helping regain his confidence after his ordeal.

The sportsman said: 'It had a huge impact on my mental health, I had gone from a very outgoing, young kid to then having all my independence taken away from me.'

Julie went on to tell The Mirror last year: 'We were absolutely frantic. 

'The doctor said Shaun only had a slim chance of surviving surgery, that there were no beds available. Tom said I just went doolally saying, 'He's going to be fine, he's going to be fine'. Thankfully Tom was level-headed and really pushed them.'

'When a bed was finally found Shaun spent six hours in surgery to remove a piece of bone from his skull because of the swelling. He was in a coma for two weeks and when he came around had to learn to walk all over again.'

In 2020, Shaun became a father for the first time, as it was revealed he and his girlfriend Jade had welcomed a son named Louis.

Posting a snap of the newborn, he wrote on Instagram: 'Super happy to announce the birth of my son Louis Malone.

'Thanks for everyone’s interest, mother and baby are both well I couldn’t be more proud of my girlfriend I wouldn’t be that brave having my belly cut open.'