Overview
- Lineker said he spent seven weeks in Basildon Hospital with chronic pneumonia and twice came frighteningly close to death.
- He disclosed he left hospital on 28 December after missing Christmas while completing IV antibiotics.
- He said he is nearing six months sober following a six-week rehab stay that began in July.
- His account links the crisis to a 60-day binge in Ibiza, a viral video in late June, and a collapse of his immune system with seven infections including shingles.
- The O Beach founder shared the timeline in Instagram posts reported by the Mirror, with public figures including Kym Marsh and DJ Collin Francis offering support.