Shaun Ryder ‘is on more pills now’ than his heyday as he shares health update

Happy Mondays' Shaun Ryder said he had 'an underactive thyroid' and now has to take pills. The musician has been open about his health struggles

Happy Mondays ' Shaun Ryder revealed that he has been taking 'more pills now' than in his heyday as he provided a health update.

The star, who has been appearing on Celebrity Gogglebox, said he 'doesn't have a thyroid' and has to take pills for it.

He made sure to keep positive and joked that he has been taking more pills now than he ever recreationally did in the past.

The singer told Daily Star : "It's because I don't have a thyroid, mine was underactive which makes you fat and bald but once that goes then everything starts to grate down and you have to take lots of tablets.

"And I don't produce testosterone now so I'm on more pills now than I was in 1988."

The singer has had many health issues over the years, with Shaun previously revealing he discovered non-cancerous cysts in his testicles.

At the time it was the Covid-19 lockdown and he wasn't able to undergo surgery to remove the benign cysts.

Speaking to The Sun, Shaun said: “I had one, now I’ve got f***ing two, and they are an absolute pain. I just keep taking the tablets and painkillers as they are hitting the nerves in my b**ks.”

Explaining more about his condition, he went on: “They did cancer tests – I got the all-clear.”

Shaun has also dealt with fighting severe pain due to arthritis, as well as battling a thyroid problem and enduring panic attacks.

He has been open about his health struggles

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Shaun has had a wild life and opened up about it in his book How To Be A Rockstar as well as with journalists.

He revealed he once got fired after biting a dog while he was on LSD.

Shaun previously admitted to battling a heroin addiction for 20 years - as well as losing his teeth to crystal meth and crack cocaine.

In fact, his past was so insane that fans sometimes offer him drugs when they see him in public.

Writing in his autobiography, he revealed that he has even been offered “a line” of cocaine while running errands in his local Asda.

He said: “I still get people coming up to me in Asda or TK Maxx offering me a line, for f***’s sake. ‘I’m nearly 60, mate, and you really think I want to do a line in TK Maxx on a Tuesday afternoon?’.

“Sometimes I’ll just laugh, sometimes it winds me up — it depends what mood I’m in.”

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