‘I wasn’t dreaming’ – Chris Kamara thanks Middlesbrough fans for touching tribute as star battles speech apraxia
CHRIS KAMARA has thanked Middlesbrough fans after they unfurled a supportive banner amid his battle with speech apraxia.
A tearful Kamara, 64, lately revealed that he felt like “a fraud” when watching his broadcasts again.
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The dysfunction causes problem talking, with Kammy lately saying: “It appears like somebody has taken over my voice field.”
While showing on the Diary Of A CEO podcast, a watery-eyed Kamara bravely mentioned his situation, admitting: “I really feel a fraud now by way of broadcasting – I don’t convey to the desk what I used to.”
The Soccer Saturday legend, who left the present on the finish of final season, stays an English soccer favorite – some extent that Middlesbrough fans have been eager to emphasize yesterday.
During their match with Rotherham on the Riverside, Boro supporters unveiled a banner in response to Kammy’s feedback.
It learn: “You’re not a fraud. You’re unbelievable Kammy.”
Local boy Kamara was moved by the fans’ gesture, writing on Twitter: “Wow that’s “Unbelievable Jeff” Thank You.”
This morning he was nonetheless feeling touched, tweeting: “I wasn’t dreaming final evening did occur.
“Thanks a lot to all of the Boro fans who made it occur.”
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In a current chat with the Daily Star, Kamara stated: “Ten months in the past, I may hardly speak.
“The phrases hardly got here out. My voice is my life in the mean time. As a broadcaster, I would like my voice and I would like it to be spot on.
“So I may have gone away and gone into the background. I needed to pack all of it in.
“But ITV bosses wouldn’t hear of it. Channel 4, Channel 5 and the BBC have been precisely the identical.
“Even now, some days I get up and suppose, ‘Why am I doing this? There are individuals higher than me on the market who’re extra certified’.”
Despite quitting Soccer Saturday, Kamara has remained busy this season.
He hosts ITV’s Ninja Warrior UK and works on the BBC’s Proper Football podcast with long-time telly associate Ben Shephard.
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