Grinning Paddy Doherty has told fans he's "still alive" after being rushed back to hospital yesterday with breathing difficulties stemming from last month's Covid battle.
The Big Fat Gypsy Wedding star beamed with relief as he shared two clips of himself this morning updating friends and followers about the latest twist in his coronavirus fight.
In a video titled 'I am still here', 61-year-old Paddy - still wheezing and coughing - explained how the virus had made his asthma flare up.
"Good morning, well I'm alive. I'm alive! Well I'm just about alive, hahaha. It's a good morning," he said through a coughing fit.
"I was in hospital yesterday and thank god I came out late last night. It is what it is.
"I have asthma and all that crap. Anyway, I want to wish you all a very good morning. I hope everything is going well for yous and have a great day."
He continued: "If you can say 'good morning' it is a good morning, honest to god, no matter what sort of a day it is, it is a good morning.
"So listen from me to you all I salute, blow yous a kiss, be lucky, and may god bless you all. Be safe."
Later on Sunday morning, Paddy took a trip to a nearby cemetery to visit some friends' graves.
Carrying several bottles of Becks beer that he placed on two side-by-side graves, Paddy filmed the final resting spot of his friend John, who died in 2019 aged 62.
"Poor John Rooney. Listen, what a pipe-player he was, he was the bee's knees. And that's his son Felix, a good chap to play the penny whistle as well," Paddy explained, while panning his camera over the second grave of 33-year-old Felix.
"All the Rooneys I have great time for. I liked them, I have great time for them."
Pointing to the beers perched on each of the graves, Paddy continued: "So a drink there and a drink there. Give me that drink here, give me that pint. To John Rooney, to son Felix and to young Paddy down there, be lucky and god bless.
"What a tragedy, father and son next to each other," he added as he sipped from his bottle.
Paddy seemed in great spirits after his second hospital dash connected to Covid, as he faced a brush with death back in January after contracting the deadly virus.
Doctors and nurses battled to save him and put his chances of surviving at just 50%.
He was put on a course of steroids to give his lungs a chance of fighting off the damage, and was discharged from hospital after brave NHS workers got him through.
Hailing them as "true angels", Paddy said: "The most important people I've ever seen in my life is them nurses and doctors. They're a great team.
"They know exactly what's happening, they know they can catch it faster and they're putting their lives... I've never seen anything like them.
"They are the true words of god, they're are the true angels.
"There's no people like them, between the police, fire brigade people, but those nurses and doctors, they've got nerves of steel."
