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The Independent
  • 12/11/2023
Former football player and pundit Chris Kamara reveals he kept his diagnosis a secret from his family as he felt ashamed of his condition.Source: This Morning, ITV
Transcript
00:00 That was hard, hard to accept.
00:03 And that's why I kept it quiet.
00:05 I thought, you know, there's no way I can tell anybody.
00:10 So I continued doing programs,
00:13 and all of a sudden people are tweeting me
00:17 or asking my friends, is he okay?
00:20 Is something wrong with him?
00:21 Is he drunk?
00:22 He's slurring his words.
00:24 He sounds slow.
00:26 And that's eventually where my good mate here
00:31 got me to spill the beans on GMB.

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