Ricky Gervais fears he'll end up in a wheelchair after constant back problems

Ricky Gervais has opened up about the repeated back pain he keeps suffering, after the latest instance left him needing his partner Jane Fallon to help him get dressed.

The ‘After Life’ star injured his back again while attempting to tie his shoelace during a run.

Ricky, 60, said he was in that much pain he wanted to scream “get me a f****** ambulance.”

He explains: “This is why I know I’ll end up in a f****** bucket one day.

“I’ve got tennis tomorrow, that’s got to be cancelled. Thank god I haven’t got a gig,” he added.

“Next tour, after this one, I’m changing the genre. It’s not stand-up, it’s sit-down,” quips Ricky.

The famous funnyman said he first had back problems when he was left bedridden after injuring himself during a tennis game in Italy.

He said loyal partner Jane kept him “hydrated” with bottles of Budweiser, which he also had to pee in, as the pain was so bad he couldn’t walk to the bathroom.

Ricky explained how common an occurrence it is: “It’s probably happened ten times significantly in 30 years, usually when I’m putting a toothbrush back or doing up a f****** shoelace.

“It’s horrible. You forget how much you rely on your spine.”

He has been keeping busy editing the much awaited series three of his hit series After Life.

Fans will be sad if what he’s saying is true as he revealed: “I’m 99 per cent confident it will be the end. When you see it I think you’ll agree.

“It’s the best thing I’ve done. I’ve pulled out all the stops.”

The series has celeb fans, after Ed Sheeran recently admitted the show left him in tears.

He confessed it took him “so long to watch After Life” as he would ‘hysterically cry’ after each episode following the death of a friend.

“It took me so long to watch After Life because I would watch an episode and hysterically cry for two hours and be like,

“I can’t watch another one for a couple of months. Then I’d go back and watch one and it’s the same thing.”

However Ed was keen to stress “it’s a beautiful show.” that’s “moving to watch” and “heavy”.

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