Anita Dobson issued a health update on Sir Brian May on Good Morning Britain after he suffered a stroke. 

The Queen guitarist revealed he had been rushed to hospital following the medical emergency back in September.

A legendary musician, astrophysicist and animal rights campaigner, Brian shared in a video posted online that he had suffered a ‘minor stroke’. 

On Thursday’s instalment of Good Morning Britain, Brian’s wife and EastEnders icon Anita, 75, chatted with hosts Ed Balls, 58, and Charlotte Hawkins, 49, and provided an update on how he was doing. 

Charlotte asked: ‘How is Sir Brian doing, we should ask of course as he hadn’t been well had he?’

‘He’s very well now. I’m very happy to say, thank you both for asking,’ Anita replied.

‘He’s very well now, he’s back to his old self!’

Anita Dobson (pictured) gave a health update on Sir Brian May on Good Morning Britain after he had a stroke

Now, on Thursday’s instalment of Good Morning Britain, Brian’s wife and EastEnders icon Anita, 75, chatted with hosts Ed Balls, 58, and Charlotte Hawkins , 49, and provided an update on how he was doing

Last year, Sir Brian May (pictured) revealed he suffered a stroke that left him unable to use his left arm 

Sir Brian May revealed his medical emergency in a video shared to his personal website last year. 

However, Sir Brian, who looked animated and well in the clip despite the ‘scary’ episode, said he could still play guitar following what he called his ‘little health hiccup’. 

He asked fans not to ‘clutter up’ his inbox with good wishes, adding that he didn’t want sympathy. 

The health scare is his second in four years, after he endured a heart attack for which he underwent surgery.

The Queen guitarist was recovering from a ripped muscle and trapped nerve as a result of a gardening injury, when he suffered a heart attack in May 2020. 

He quietly revealed the news of his stroke in the early hours with an Instagram post of the video shared at 1.42am UK time.

‘I’m here to bring you some good news – the good news is that I can play guitar after the events of the last few days,’ he said, twiddling his fingers for emphasis.

‘I say this because it was in some doubt because that little health hiccup that I mentioned happened about a week ago and what they called it was a minor stroke.’

The We Will Rock You writer revealed the incident left him temporarily unable to use his left arm and he had a ‘very exciting’ emergency ambulance journey to Frimley Hospital in Surrey.

He has praised medical staff for giving him the ‘most fantastic care.’ 

‘All of a sudden, out of the blue, I didn’t have any control over this arm, so it was a little scary, I have to say,’ he continued.

May is the guitarist in legendary rock band Queen (pictured: John Deacon, Freddie Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor Queen in 1970)

‘I didn’t want to say anything at the time because I didn’t want anything surrounding, you know. I really don’t want sympathy.

‘Please don’t do that because it’ll clutter up my inbox and I hate that.’ 

But the animal rights activist, who has campaigned against the culling of badgers to prevent the spread of bovine tuberculosis, says he is currently ‘grounded’ as a result.

‘The good news is I’m okay. Just doing what I’m told, which is basically nothing. I’m grounded.

‘I’m not allowed to go out – well, I’m not allowed to drive, not allowed to get on a plane, not allowed to raise the heart rate too high… but I’m good.’

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays on ITV1 from 6am and is available to stream on ITVX.