Two weeks after completing his 140-mile swim along the Thames, David Walliams continues to pay the price for it in terms of his health. He tore a disc in his back as a result of the swim, is ordered by his doctors not to leave his hospital bed, has to undergo physio, and has also been suffering a bad bout of ‘Thames tummy’ also from swimming in the sewage-polluted river. But OK, he raised £1.1 million for children in need, read The Telegraph.
OK, sorry for that wrong amount, The Telegraph still states that he raised £10 million, but then MailOnline said £1.1 million, and then I started to doubt the first number.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2042807/David-Walliams-stills-suffering-gruelling-charity-swim-denies-tested-deadly-Weils-disease.html
Sport Relief says almost £1.2 million, and probably know :-)
http://www.sportrelief.com/whats-on/the-bt-sport-relief-challenges-walliams-vs-the-thames
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