Comedian and I'm a Celebrity... star Iain Lee has told fans that he was rescued by emergency services on Thursday after falling down a well while making a wish.
The "wet", "battered" and "limping" presenter shared his escape with listeners to his Talk Radio show in the UK on Thursday night, explaining that he had been house-hunting in rural villages when the accident occurred.
"There was a well - I'm stood at this well and I've got a 20 pence piece. I thought, 'I will make a little wish,'" he recounted.
"I thought, 'I need a bit of luck' and I don't throw the coins into the well, I toss it, because I think it looks stylish.
"I did that, and made a wish and I heard the coin clink on the side, so I looked in and it's stuck."
Lee then fell in as he tried to dislodge his 'lucky' coin.
"I'm there thinking, 'There is no point in me shouting', but of course you shout and then I got my phone out and I did have signal. I was able to call 999."
He also managed to tweet from the scene, writing: "Sorry team. This is messed up. Tonight's show is cancelled as I've fallen down a well. This is not a joke."
Sorry team. This is messed up. Tonight’s show is cancelled as I’ve fallen down a well. This is not a joke.
— Iain Lee - talkRADIO (@iainlee) March 29, 2018
"It's not metaphorical. It's an actual well. This is nuts. Phone dying. Help is coming but I'm a bit shaken.
"It's not funny. Think I've sprained an ankle. And I'm sopping."
Later, Lee wrote: "Right. Out of that bloody well. Wet. Battered. Limping. But big up to the fire service. Those men and women are absolute heroes. 2 trucks and 12 staff later I'm out! HOPEFUL I make the start i the show at 10.
Right. Out of that bloody well. Wet. Battered. Limping. But big up to the fire service. Those men and women are absolute heroes. 2 trucks and 12 staff later I’m out! HOPEFUL I make the start i the show at 10.
— Iain Lee - talkRADIO (@iainlee) March 29, 2018
"Police car gonna blue light me to @talkRADIO Increible [sic] service from the boys and girls in blue. Thanks. #NeverForget."
