Ricky Gervais was forced to leave stage mid-show as he suffered a health scare.

The comedian took a 10-miniute break during his performance at Bristol’s Colston Hall on Wednesday night, later saying that he feared he was suffering a heart attack.

He soon returned to finish the gig, reassuring fans in the audience that he ‘wasn’t dead’.

Worried fans tweeted the Life on the Road star after the show, clearly concerned about his health.

“Thanks to the amazing audience in Bristol tonight. They even laughed when I thought I was having a heart attack. #Humanity,” he joked on Twitter after the show.

The next morning he posted a selfie on his Twitter account, writing: “I don't think I died, but I'm not a doctor.”

Responding to a number of fans, Gervais said that he was ‘absolutely fine’, adding that it ‘certainly wasn’t part of the show.”

He later posted a snap of some Day Nurse, saying that he had been struck down my come kind of sickness bug.

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“Think I've got a little bug of some sort. Blocked up, bit hot, sore stomach. Also I'm foaming at the mouth and terrified of water. Weird,” he wrote.

Despite his illness, it seems that Gervais won’t be missing any shows during his Humanity tour, saying:

“Lunch, flu drugs, and now a little nap before tonight's gig. Live fast, die old. #Humanity.”