{"id":2078823,"date":"2025-10-09T06:56:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T06:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2078823"},"modified":"2025-10-09T06:56:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T06:56:14","slug":"the-celebrity-traitors-star-ruth-codd-shares-tragic-reason-behind-leg-amputation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-celebrity-traitors-star-ruth-codd-shares-tragic-reason-behind-leg-amputation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Celebrity Traitors star Ruth Codd shares tragic reason behind leg amputation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_1cc836\" data-testid=\"leadtext\" publication=\"mirror\">Ruth Codd, who is in this year&#8217;s The Celebrity Traitors on BBC One alongside 18 other stars, wants to raise awareness about amputations following a horrific injury<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span data-testid=\"byline-content\" class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\">23:49, 08 Oct 2025<\/span><span class=\"Byline_updated-date__8vEV8 Byline_updated-date-with-published__ApG_G\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated 23:52, 08 Oct 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button class=\"LightboxBtn_lightbox-btn__eoxYS\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36036871\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageEmbed_fig-caption__qotOK\"><span class=\"ImageEmbed_camera-style__Qjeby\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"none\"><g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_209_94274)\"><path opacity=\"0.16\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M14 4H2V10.6667C2 11.403 2.59695 12 3.33333 12H12.6667C13.403 12 14 11.403 14 10.6667V4ZM8 10C9.10457 10 10 9.10457 10 8C10 6.89543 9.10457 6 8 6C6.89543 6 6 6.89543 6 8C6 9.10457 6.89543 10 8 10Z\" fill=\"var(--color-sem-icon-primary-default)\"\/><path d=\"M2 3.33331H14V11.3333C14 12.0697 13.403 12.6666 12.6667 12.6666H3.33333C2.59695 12.6666 2 12.0697 2 11.3333V3.33331Z\" stroke=\"var(--color-sem-icon-primary-default)\" stroke-width=\"1.33333\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><circle cx=\"8\" cy=\"8\" r=\"2\" stroke=\"var(--color-sem-icon-primary-default)\" stroke-width=\"1.33333\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><path d=\"M11.3332 1.33331L12.6665 1.33331\" stroke=\"var(--color-sem-icon-primary-default)\" stroke-width=\"1.33333\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/><\/g><defs><clippath id=\"clip0_209_94274\"><rect width=\"16\" height=\"16\" fill=\"white\"\/><\/clippath><\/defs><\/svg><\/span><span class=\"ImageEmbed_caption-title__FSINC\">Ruth Codd is pictured on The Celebrity Traitors<\/span><span class=\"ImageEmbed_caption-credit__uNiU6\">(Image: CREDIT LINE:BBC\/Studio Lambert\/Euan Cherry)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/ruth-codd\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">Ruth Codd<\/a> &#8211; the Irish actress in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/celebrity-traitors\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">The Celebrity Traitors<\/a> &#8211; described her leg <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/amputation\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">amputation <\/a>as the &#8220;greatest challenge&#8221; she has ever faced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">The star&#8217;s candid interview, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/celebrity-traitors-live-claudia-winkleman-36035342\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">which has resurfaced following her appearance in the new series last night<\/a>, details why Ruth, now 29, had her right leg amputated below the knee. The actress had injured her foot playing football when she was 15 and, in around 2019, she suffered further complications which led to the surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Ruth, from Wexford, Ireland, said she made the decision to help relieve the pain and gain more control over her life. Ruth has learned in the subsequent years to use a prosthetic leg, she told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/lifestyle\/people\/arid-41014325.html\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"the Irish ExaminerLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\">the Irish Examiner<\/a>. This interview from 2022 has resurfaced today following interest on Ruth and her injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">She said: &#8220;My injury is the greatest challenge I\u2019ve faced in my life so far. I injured it playing soccer at the age of 15. It never healed correctly so until I was 23, I was on and off crutches, getting loads of operations. Because of nerve damage and chronic pain, I chose to get it amputated. It took eight years of my life, constantly going in and out of hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">&#8220;My whole life revolved around trying to heal my leg. For years, I didn\u2019t see it getting any better. I was stuck in a really bad mindset and I was pissed off at life. When I made the decision to amputate it, things finally started to turn around. It was a relief. I could get on my life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span data-testid=\"readmore\" class=\"ReadMore_readmore-prefix__xS44r __className_c7f578\">READ MORE:<!-- --> <span class=\"ReadMore_readmore-link__eF9pN\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/inside-celebrity-traitors-star-cat-36034067\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36034067\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\">Inside Celebrity Traitors star Cat Burns&#8217; autism struggle which took 23 years to diagnose<\/a><\/span><\/span><span data-testid=\"readmore\" class=\"ReadMore_readmore-prefix__xS44r __className_c7f578\">READ MORE:<!-- --> <span class=\"ReadMore_readmore-link__eF9pN\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/celebrity-traitors-fans-work-out-36032855\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36032855\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" tabindex=\"0\">Celebrity Traitors fans &#8216;work out&#8217; which favourite will leave first in surprise twist<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"JWPlayer_jw-player-container__pyDIt\" role=\"complementary\" aria-label=\"video: The Celebrity Traitors: Full cast revealed\" data-testid=\"videoembed-AxrkZD7V\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"jwplayer\">\n<div class=\"poster jw-player-wrapper video-16-DxFYn2Ov-AxrkZD7V\" data-testid=\"poster\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"JWPlayer_poster-image___jQGK\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/media\/AxrkZD7V\/poster.jpg\" alt=\"videoHeadline\"\/><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"JWPlayer_headline__TXGcC\">The Celebrity Traitors: Full cast revealed<\/span><\/section>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">In The Celebrity Traitors, Ruth and 18 other stars compete to prove themselves as either a Faithful or a Traitor. The other celebs include actor and broadcaster Sir Stephen Fry and Olympian Tom Daley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Ruth, who portrayed Anya in the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/netflix\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">Netflix<\/a> thriller series The Midnight Club, previously spoke of her delight to partake in the show. Her enthusiasm was mirrored by the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/bbc\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">BBC<\/a> unscripted director <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/tv\/celebrity-traitors-uk-release-date-32399709\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Syeda Irtizaali, who said of the showLink opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\">Syeda Irtizaali, who said of the show<\/a> in the summer: &#8220;It was a real pleasure to cast this series. I think where we started with was we wanted to have a really broad range of people, obviously, but we also wanted people that were real fans of the show, that really understood it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">&#8220;I was worried about it; I was worried about how they were going to play it compared to members of the public, but we have nothing to worry about. They really play the game, and some of the things that you\u2019ll see them doing are extraordinary; that\u2019s all I\u2019m going to say. It\u2019s well worth the wait.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Hosted by Claudia Winkleman<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/news\/tv\/what-time-celebrity-traitors-start-32627160\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\",Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\">,<\/a> The Celebrity Traitors will air on Wednesdays on BBC One and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/iplayer\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\">iPlayer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.mirror.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ruth Codd, who is in this year&#8217;s The Celebrity Traitors on BBC One alongside 18 other stars, wants to raise awareness about amputations following a horrific injury 23:49, 08 Oct 2025Updated 23:52, 08 Oct 2025 Ruth Codd is pictured on The Celebrity Traitors(Image: CREDIT LINE:BBC\/Studio Lambert\/Euan Cherry) Ruth Codd &#8211; the Irish actress in The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2078824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[390516,351325,390517],"class_list":["post-2078823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-amputation","tag-celebrity-traitors","tag-ruth-codd"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/The-Celebrity-Traitors-star-Ruth-Codd-shares-tragic-reason-behind.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2078823"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2078825,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2078823\/revisions\/2078825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2078824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2078823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2078823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2078823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}