Vernon Kay injured his back while fixing outdoor lights, leading to a comical exchange with his wife Tess Daly. Despite the pain, Kay persevered, rewiring the lights himself.
Vernon Kay has shared how a crippling injury at home left his wife Tess Daly asking him what he was up to. Taking up his usual slot on BBC Radio 2 yesterday morning (Wednesday, December 18) the father-of-two told listeners how the unfortunate incident came to be. Vernon explained: 'I did some electrical adjustments to some outdoor lights yesterday afternoon, and honestly, I swear to goodness.
On my knees, on a piece of cardboard, on the damp soil, I lasted about 10-15 minutes and then my back was like 'oh you've got to stop this'.' Eager to not let the injury get in the way of completing the task he added: 'So I went and got an old tin of paint out of the garage and sat on a tin of paint, it was much easier,' reports Lancs Live. As his wife, Strictly Come Dancing presenter Tess, looked outside confused as to what was happening, she said: 'What are you doing? I've been watching you for the last 15 minutes' before he quickly replied: 'This light keeps flickering.' Despite his painful injury, he told listeners that he was in no mood to give up trying to complete the task as he said that when he 'sees something I need it sorted' before adding: 'So I fixed the light, it had a loose connection so instead of literally just screwing the wire into the little box connector. 'I rewired it myself, I thought, I'm not having any of this it was a bit rusty so I did it all, I shut down the lights, I was careful, don't worry. I've not got a certificate saying I'm good at electrics, but it seems to be still illuminated this morning, even though it was dark.' Despite his agonising injury, the presenter claimed that he still took pride in being able to complete the task: 'I was in my own little world though. I think sometimes when you do something like that, you set yourself a target and you go right I'm going to get this done. It would be very easy to just leave it and do it over a period of three or four days, but no, I'm going to get it done
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