Overview

• In December 2024, Vanderpump was admitted to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital after a bout of flu triggered sepsis that caused liver and kidney failure.
• He lost around 15 kg during his illness and has since regained nearly 10 kg as he continues his physical recovery.
• Vanderpump has shared the mental impact of post-sepsis syndrome, describing persistent health anxiety despite his outward appearance of normality.
• In March, he proposed to model Alice Yaxley, saying his near-death experience reshaped his personal priorities.
• As an ambassador for the UK Sepsis Trust, he is working to raise awareness of a condition that leaves nearly 80,000 people with life-changing after-effects in the UK each year.