Overview
- Stelter, 65, was told in November 2025 that his right hip is so worn it needs replacing and he has now secured an operation appointment.
- His treating physician required preoperative weight loss and targeted training, advice Stelter followed by losing about 22 kg and increasing daily exercise.
- The comedian also stopped a decades‑long smoking habit and adopted daily routines such as 10,000 steps and reading roughly 30 pages to boost fitness and recovery readiness.
- He plans to complete his current solo tour and promote his new Zeeland-set crime novel before entering hospital, and he says he is unusually positive about the surgery.
- Clinically, the weight loss, smoking cessation and improved fitness cited by Stelter are known to reduce surgical risks and help recovery, and he is expected to pause stage work while he recuperates.