Overview

• Gervais received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 30 and used the occasion to discuss his deep-seated health fears.
• He told Jimmy Kimmel he considers doctor visits “admin” and reserves them for once every ten years when he suspects a life-threatening issue.
• The 63-year-old described Googling symptoms until he convinced himself he had conditions like cancer, alarming his partner by declaring “I’m dying.”
• He recounted risky self-treatment, including using nail scissors to remove a skin tag from his eyelid and relying on antiseptic cream to avert infection.
• Experts caution that self-diagnosis via Google can heighten anxiety and note that Brits made nearly 50 million health-related searches online in 2022.