The singer continued to perform with the popular boyband in spite of his injury
JLS singer Aston Merrygold said that ‘it’s killing me’ as he provided a health update after his recent surgery left him ‘bed-bound’.
The 38-year-old is best known for performing in one of the UK’s biggest boy bands alongside Oritsé Williams, Marvin Humes, and JB Gill. JLS rose to fame after finishing second on ITV singing competition The X Factor in 2008, coming in second to Alexandra Burke.
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After heading out on the road with their The Club Is Alive: 2025 Hits Tour, Aston underwent surgery in December after suffering an ankle injury during rehearsals. Despite his injury, Ason continued with the tour as he used crutches and sat down during the gigs.
Appearing on Channel 4 series Sunday Brunch on Sunday (February 22), Aston sat down with Simon Rimmer and Tim Lovejoy to discuss what actually happened and how he fared with his recovery journey.
“I broke everything in my ankle, apart from the bone. So, I’m still here. Basically, jumping off a platform to end the show, I vanished through the stage and landed on some crash mats.
“Obviously, I got excited and probably jumped a bit too high, trapped my leg between the crash mats and my body kept going. So I had to have full ankle reconstruction surgery,” he said.
With Tim joking if he had a ‘team of lawyers on that’, Aston went on to talk about his football playing days and how his fitness routine has been impacted by his injury.
He noted “It’s killing me. But everything, even in the week, going away with the kids for a few days is lovely.”
Asked if he can ‘do anything’, Aston replied: “I can’t run yet. So that’s kind of the extent of it. Stairs are good now, for the ankle progression.”
Tim replied: “You know what they say, and this is so true, a well man has 10,000 wishes and an ill man has one.”
Saying that he ‘100 percent’ agreed with Tim, Aston said that the ‘worst part of the whole thing’ was that he ‘had to be bed-bound at one point’.
“Then, when I could stand up, it had to be no weight. So no picking up the kids, no kind of running around. Obviously I didn’t listen.
“You can’t have those special moments just taken away fully, so I was a bit like, ‘No, there are some things,” he said.
According to Aston, the operation took place on December 5 and the doctors said it would be ‘over six months’ until he’s fully recovered.
JLS are set to go back on the road this summer, playing at Derby’s Darley Park before headlining the Colchester Castle Park in August. The boys will be provided support from Dreams singer Grabrielle.