Richard Bacon’s back and these are our 13 favourite things people are telling him right now
Richard Bacon was back talking today after six days in a medically induced coma for a mystery lung condition.
“We need to help people to discover the true meaning of love. Love is generally confused with dependence. Those of us who have grown in true love know that we can love only in proportion to our capacity for independence." — Mister Rogers”. I’m learning this.
— richard bacon (@richardpbacon) July 16, 2018
“Deep within us—no matter who we are—there lives a feeling of wanting to be lovable, of wanting to be the kind of person that others like to be with. And the greatest thing we can do is to let people know that they are loved and capable of loving." From The World of Mister Rogers
— richard bacon (@richardpbacon) July 16, 2018
And here he is giving a tiny insight into what’s been going on.
https://twitter.com/richardpbacon/status/1018772672757534720
2/2 How’s is this going to affect my kids’ lives? Who’s going to sit my poor dad down and say“I’m sorry, we did everything we could”. But then I didn’t die. And I didn’t die because I’m on the NHS . VivaTheNHS. See you for your th. By which time I probably will have penumonia
— richard bacon (@richardpbacon) July 16, 2018
https://twitter.com/richardpbacon/status/1018775812819116033
Never have we been so glad to see a tweet. And here’s a flavour of what people – famous and not so famous – had to say to him.
1.
Very much hope this is actually you tweeting this. In which case: welcome back.
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) July 16, 2018
Ha. I am alive. Or in Lewisham. Or somewhere between the two
— richard bacon (@richardpbacon) July 16, 2018
Fucking great. Was worried there for a sec.
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) July 16, 2018
2.
Have you overslept? https://t.co/jAu5q7OAtX
— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) July 16, 2018
Yes. For 6 days straight
— richard bacon (@richardpbacon) July 16, 2018
A quality lie in. Glad you better now.
— James Brown (@jamesjamesbrown) July 16, 2018
3.
Welcome back !
— Brian Cox (@ProfBrianCox) July 16, 2018
4.
and where the hell have you been!!! Anyway while you were out of it England won the world cup.
— Martin Kelly (@disableddaddy) July 16, 2018
5.
I’m glad they saved your Bacon, Richard
— Jon Jennings (@curlsoflove) July 16, 2018
6.
I’d never have said nice things about you if I’d known you were going to make it. Welcome back.
— Richard K Herring (@Herring1967) July 16, 2018
7.
So come on Richard spill, was it the Russians???
— Jamie Hastie (@cloughie77) July 16, 2018