Star of the hit medical drama House, British actor Hugh Laurie claims that he has developed health issues from the fake limp he portrays on the show.

“The show might last through to series seven, eight or nine but I don’t know if I will because I’m starting to lose my knees. It’s a lot of hip work. There are things going badly wrong. I need to do yoga.”

The knees aren’t the only problems he has with filming the show.

“I never thought I’d end up living in Los Angeles while my children grew up in Britain, but here I am and we are all making the best of it.”

Doesn’t sound too convincing to me…

You can catch the show’s season premiere tomorrow, Monday 21, at 8 p.m. on Fox.

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