Stephen Colbert has suffered a lot of medical issues in his life. He is deaf in his left ear after a tumor was removed. Colbert told The New Yorker that a surgeon “scooped it out with a melon baller,” also removing his eardrum. “Now I can’t get my head wet. I mean, I can, but I can’t really scuba dive or anything like that. So that killed my marine biology hopes,” Colbert quipped to Charleston Post and Courier. And now, he’s dealing with a whole new ear-related problem.
The “Strangers With Candy” star told Vanity Fair that he’s been diagnosed with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. According to The Mayo Clinic, although BPPV is usually caused by a “minor to severe blow” to the cranium it can also stem from injuries related to ear surgery. The condition results in the “sudden sensation that you’re spinning or that the inside of your head is spinning” in addition to dizziness, vomiting, and a loss of balance leading to falls.
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Colbert developed BPPV a week before the 2020 elections. “It’s almost entertaining until I forget,” he said of the condition. “And then I go to stand up, and then I just fall down. So, I’m coming to you right now from a very weird angle, slightly listing to port.” Luckily, the comedian has his wife, Evie McGee, to ensure that he carries out his prescribed exercises.
