Hollywood star reveals she had ‘disgusting’ parasites living inside her for 5 years

In a ‘gross’ confession, Claire Foy revealed she was forced to give up caffeine after discovering she had a parasite.

The Crown star sought medical attention after she lost weight continuously and ‘didn’t know what was going on’.

Speaking on Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware, she shared she had picked up the parasite years before, during a trip to Morocco.

Claire, 41, said it had been in her body for ‘at least five years’, adding that that particular parasite ‘travels as a pair’.

‘I got told by the doctor, gross, absolutely rank. It’s disgusting anyway,’ she said of the ordeal.

However, the parasites have had a long-lasting impact, as she had to give up caffeine in an attempt to combat them.

She shared: ‘I basically had to go on this diet, and because I didn’t want to take, like, really hardcore antibiotics and stuff like that, I took all this little gross stuff, and part of that was giving up caffeine.’

That’s not the only dietary change Claire has had to make as she discovered she had an autoimmune condition.

The Emmy Award winner revealed: ‘This is my big secret, I feel like I’m in The Traitors or something, and I’m letting everyone know that I’m related to someone!

‘So I don’t actually eat gluten or sugar [..] except when I go out for dinner. It doesn’t have an impact on me.

‘It’s just because I have an autoimmune condition, so I should avoid anything which causes more inflammation.’

While growing up, Claire faced a series of illnesses, including a benign tumour behind her eye and juvenile arthritis.

At just 13, she was unable to walk without the help of crutches due to the ‘horrible and debilitating’ joint pain and inflammation.

Speaking to the Sunday Times Culture last month, the Wolf Hall star admitted her early health struggles made her think about death ‘whole life’.

‘Death?’ she said. ‘The fact we’re all on our way out? It’s something we just don’t want to think about while we’re alive. But I have thought about death my whole life.

‘I just presumed that it was going to happen, especially through my childhood… my thing was that I was never going to make it past 40 ? ever. I have had many medical things in my life.

‘But, yes, I’m still here and someone once told me, “You know, most people live?” They meant most people live quite a long and lovely life. Well, not necessarily lovely. But people do tend to live.

‘That’s what humans want to do. We want to survive, and that’s quite reassuring.’

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