United Kingdom, June 17 -- Eric Idle was hospitalised for the second time in three days this week.

The Monty Python legend suspects he has Gastroenteritis - inflammation of the stomach and intestines, typically caused by a viral or bacterial infection - and thanked the medical staff at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai for their "kindness and help".

He penned to X on Monday (16.05.25): "So I'd like to thank all the doctors nurses and staff in the Cedars GI ward for their kindness and help to me today. The second time in three days. I think I'm suffering from Gastroenteritis. I love you people."

Last year, Idle admitted he "shouldn't be alive".

The 82-year-old comedian underwent surgery after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2019, an...