The Chase’s Bradley Walsh reveals secret medical condition that makes him look drunk on TV and admits he will need an operation

BRADLEY Walsh has opened up about a secret medical condition which makes him look drunk on TV and admitted he will need an operation.

The Chase presenter has revealed he suffers from blepharitis, which makes his eyes look red and swollen as if he has been on the booze.

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Bradley, 56, made the confession on This Morning today during a segment about hay fever, admitting he has to take an anti-allergy medication every day to stop his eyes lids from swelling.

During an appearance on This Morning, he told hosts Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford that TV viewers often mistake him for being drunk because of his medical condition.

Bradley said: "People don't realise I have seriously bad blepharitis.

"I have to take [one pill] a day for it or I really struggle. I am going to need my eyes operated on at some point to sort it out.

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"So many times, people have commented on [how I look]. But they don't realise. If I take [medication] though, I'm fine."

Blepharitis is a chronic eye condition which causes itchy, sore and swollen eye lids, and Bradley has been suffering with it since he was a teenager.

He had to deny being drunk during an appearance on weekend cookery show Sunday Brunch late last year.

Viewers flocked to Twitter to ask if the TV star had been boozing, but he later insisted he was sober.

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