As Jade Goody battles through the final stages of cancer and former Big Brother contestant Michelle Bass worries that she too might have cervical cancer, Celeb Big Brother star Pete Burns has announced now that he's really ill too.

Pete was rushed to hospital last week after collapsing from kidney failure and underwent an emergency operation. But doctors discovered kidney stones blocking some of his vital organs.

 

Pete has issued a statement on his website about his condition, which although sounds painful, isn't considered lif-threatening, to say: "I'm in a very serious condition on 24 hours intravenous morphine for the pain. Intravenous fluid as I'm so dehydrated and the kidneys can't retain the liquid. I also have diabetes insipidus which is pulling water from my lungs, liver, heart and brain. I'm critically ill and under 24 hours observation and will be in hospital for quite a long time."

Get well soon, Pete.

 

And in the meantime, here he is in action performing up in stage...