ITV Loose Women's Katie Piper undergoes emergency operation after husband noticed black spot in eye

Katie Piper has revealed to fans that a hospital dash resulted in her undergoing an emergency operation. The Loose Women star said her husband, Richard James Sutton, noticed a black spot in her eye over the weekend and said it become "extremely painful".

Sharing photos of herself with a bandaged eye, Katie, 38, wrote on Instagram on Tuesday (August 16): "Emergency Operation for me! On Saturday my husband noticed a small black circle in my blind eye, I was excited thinking I had a pupil again, but by Sunday my left eye was extremely painful and couldn’t tolerate light, so I patched it up and put it down to old injuries."

She said that she is "used to being in some level of discomfort" and so headed off to work as usual. Things however, changed and "by Sunday night I felt nausea and in extreme pain," Katie said and she got in touch with her eye specialist who confirmed the black circle was a hole her eye and that the eye had perforated.

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"This had always been a fear that it would happen," the mum-of-two said. "Yesterday [Monday] @sherazdaya sourced tissue for me and operated on me. I cannot thank him and his team enough, their knowledge and expertise but also how kind and caring they all are."

Katie ended her post: "There maybe some evil people in this world but there are also some pretty incredible people doing amazing things for people on a daily basis. Huge thank you team @sherazdaya @centreforsightuk You are the best!"

She was quickly flooded with responses from her celebrity pals. Strictly Come Dancing star Gorka Marquez said: "Sending you all the love." Singer and theatre star