SIR MICHAEL Palin has proved he’s not lost his famous sense of humour, despite fracturing his ribs and pelvis.
Today the 89-year-old Monty Python legend posed with a zimmerframe after being at home.
Today gave fans an update on how he was doing with a very candid post.
Standing in a disabled parking bay and holding on to a zimmerframe, he penned: “Sunday, November 8, 2026 – What Goes Around Comes Around.
“It’s now exactly a month since I thudded to my bathroom floor – returning from a pee at 3.30 in the morning. I still can’t walk without a zimmer.
“The laughs are all on me. zimmers were used in Monty Python when we wanted to play slow-moving elderly people.”
Continuing, Michael said: “Now I’m an elderly person for real, having to move very slowly as I have three broken ribs and a cracked pelvis.
“Bones take time to heal and I’m probably doomed to play this particular Python character for a few weeks more.”
Michael also apologised for having to cancel his tour to promote his new book In The Philippines.
“I’m feeling sore, not just because I’ll never be able to achieve my dream of being the oldest Olympic hurdler but that I was never able to finish my Philippines tour and had to disappoint so many who’d bought tickets,” he sadly said.
“I promise not to go to the bathroom ever again, and I shall try and find some other show dates next year.”
The beloved actor ended the message with: “For now, I have a stack of books to read and all the time in the world to catch up with Slow Horses and the absolutely compulsive This City Is Ours. And, if things get really low, the Fish Slapping Dance.
“Thank you all for your patience. Here’s to the next time.”
Michael is considered to be a national treasure thanks to his long career in showbiz.
He is famously a member of the comedy group Monty Python and starred in all their films including The Holy Grail and Life of Brian.
The star is known for some of their most famous sketches, including “Argument Clinic” and the “Dead Parrot sketch”.
with a knighthood.
in 2023, after being married since 1966 and having three children together.
