No more silly walks! Cleese has a second new hip
HIS lithe, lanky limbs are his trademark – but for John Cleese there will be no more high-kicking and fancy theatrics.
The 77-year-old – known for his striding civil servant from the Ministry of Silly Walks and goose-stepping Basil Fawlty – has had a second hip replacement. ‘I’m practically bionic now,’ he said yesterday.
Speaking on Chris Evans’ Radio 2 show, the Monty Python star said: ‘I’ve had the right hip done. I had the left hip done in 1999…I’ve also got an artificial knee, I’ve got lenses in both eyes, I’ve got a hearing aid and I think it’s nine dental implants.’
In addition to the procedures he outlined, in 2008 the star revealed he had had a hair transplant. Cleese has previously said of ageing: ‘When you get to my age, you do running repairs.’