James Haskell shares photo from a hospital bed after surgery

James Haskell sparked concern among his fans on Wednesday as he shared a video montage of himself in a hospital bed with his arm in a sling. 

The former rugby union player, 39, took to his Instagram on Wednesday to share with his followers that he is 'alive' and his operation 'went well' as he recovered from an unknown injury. 

The sportsman looked in high spirits as he wore a hospital gown. 

He captioned the post: 'Not what I thought I'd be doing this week! But I'm alive, the Op went well. did someone say Rehab? I know a lot about Rehab. Let the journey begin.'

Fans of the star then flocked to the comment section to express their concern and offered him their well wishes. 

One fan wrote: 'Get well soon!'; 'Rest up dude'; 'Noooo darling!!!'; 'Speedy Recovery xx' 

It comes after James and Chloe Madeley, 36, announced their split in October 2023, after a decade together and five years of marriage. 

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Chloe admitted the pair, who share daughter Bodhi, 21 months, broke up as they both wanted their relationship to 'stop being awful' and 'miserable'. 

She told OK! Magazine: 'I'm never going to go into great detail about why we broke up because it's not fair on anyone and I wouldn't want him to either, but what I will say is it was f***ing awful.'

'Part of the reason we wanted to end it was because we wanted it to stop being awful, so why would we then take that into a break-up and it continue being awful.'

'It was hard at the beginning. You have to work at it like everything in life and we've really done that.'

The daughter of TV stars Richard and Judy went on to admit she fell into situational depression following the split and 'couldn't' even reply to friends' messages as she wasn't able to do 'any self-care' for herself. 

She added: 'I've actually never had depression before obviously it was very circumstantial so I didn't realise when people say "I can't" do something, you really just can't.' 

'Friends would say, "Come over and have dinner", but I couldn't, I couldn't even reply to emails. Other than taking care of Bodhi I wasn't really doing any real self-care.'

It comes after Chloe spoke about their reality show Chloe Madeley: A Family Affair, which threw open the doors to their family home shortly before the split.

During an appearance on Loose Women, she said: 'A lot happens behind closed doors that wasn't on the show but it's amazing how many people picked up on it.'

'We thought we had done a good job but obviously not.'

Reflecting on their separation, she added: 'I think there's pillars that hold up a relationship such as love and respect.'

'Over time all of our pillars disintegrated and when that happens there is no saving it. We get on better now we aren't romantically together.'

'Since we parted ways our relationship has become very respectful and we love each other as friends.'

'One of the things that was hard was him being away so much DJing like four or five nights a week but that works for us now because I get my time alone and then he comes back and has his time with Bodhi. '

'I'm happier now than I have ever been and he is happy too. There were horrible weeks when I struggled to get out of bed but once I drew a line, I was ok.'

'I want James to be happy, I want Bodhi to be happy and I want to be happy.'