Miranda Hart left 'bedbound and without joy for years' after sitcom ended

Mirella Hart was diagnosed with the Lyme disease after spending some time in the United States and she was left 'bedbound for years' after her TV sitcom 'Miranda' ended

Miranda Hart has revealed she was "bedbound for years" after her sitcom ended.

The 51-year -ld comedienne finished filming her self-titled BBC show in 2015 and was battling with undiagnosed Lyme disease, which eventually developed into myalgic encephalomyelitis, more commonly known as chronic fatigue syndrome.

Speaking to The Times, she said: "I lost my joy and know that I hadn't enjoyed my career in the way that I knew I could have if I hadn't been ill I was housebound and bedbound for years. I didn't have a job, I didn't have a social life. I didn't have any responsibilities or identities."

The TV star admitted she had a "total collapse" in the years following the end of her acclaimed sitcom and later discovered she had contracted Lyme disease during a trip to the United States as a teenager.

Miranda made an appearance in the feature film 'Emma' in 2020 and in 2017 starred as Miss Hannigan in the West End revival of 'Annie' for a period of time but has largely stayed out of the spotlight over the last decade.

She is "not fully" recovered at the moment, but is feeling hopeful about the future. She stated: "I believe I will get better. I've only recently been out in the world again. If this was a named condition and this is how you manage it then I could handle it."

She concluded: "I think the hardest thing about these sort of fatigue-based conditions is that lack of understanding, lack of never knowing when there's an end date."

Miranda, who took a break from the small screen, also got hitched to 60 year old Richard Fairs, a building company manager. She revealed: "I think I fell in love immediately."

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