In a deeply emotional and shockingly honest update, Celebrity Traitors star Ruth Codd, 29, has revealed why she made the life-changing decision to have her second leg amputated — six years after losing her first.
And according to Ruth, the story is far more heartbreaking, painful, and inspiring than anyone realised.
“My joints were destroyed — there was nothing left to save.”
Ruth, who first lost her right leg after a football injury spiralled into years of failed treatments, has now shared the reason behind her latest surgery:
years of using crutches shattered the joints in her remaining foot, forcing doctors to remove all of her toes in 2021.
Ruth Codd has revealed she decided to have her second leg amputated as she had already had all of her toes removed after her ‘joints were destroyed’ by years of using crutches
Even then, the damage kept worsening.
Doctors finally told her the truth she had long feared:
her foot would never heal — only deteriorate.
So Ruth made the decision herself — not out of defeat, but out of strength.
“It was about my quality of life. Things were never going to get better… only worse.”
“Two prosthetics will make me unstoppable.”
Ruth says she’s already lived this journey once, and now, strangely, it feels familiar — even empowering.
“I’ve been through it before. With two prosthetics, I’ll be pretty unstoppable.”
She now faces weeks of recovery, including a month-long wait before being fitted for her new prosthetic.
But she remains unshakably upbeat, crediting her surgeon — the same one who operated six years ago — for getting her through the worst of the pain.
The actress, 29, had her first leg removed six years ago after being left in agonising pain by an injury playing football when she was 15, which failed to heal correctly
Ruth was murdered after she correctly identified Jonathan as a Traitor at the roundtable, leading to the chat show host and his accomplices, Alan Carr and Cat Burns, killing her off
Turning heartbreak into humour — Ruth’s iconic coping style
In true Ruth fashion, she announced her second amputation with dark humour, posting a TikTok from her parents’ house:
“No legs who dis?”
“This is my new whip — I call her Fat Tony. Top speed: absolutely nothing, especially if there’s a step.”
Fans flooded her with support — and laughter.
Especially after TikTok auto-captioned “below-knee amputation” as
“bologna amputation.”
The comments were instant classics:
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“Sorry about your second bologna.”
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“I’ve never liked bologna anyway.”
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“Girl, losing a leg just for Midnight Club season 2 is commitment.”
Even her Celebrity Traitors nemesis Jonathan Ross became a running joke:
“Presumably this is Jonathan’s fault? He’s been a Traitor ONCE…”
From hospital beds to Hollywood roles
Many fans forget Ruth had no acting experience before 2020.
She was discovered after posting funny, brutally honest TikTok videos about disability during lockdown.
That led Netflix to cast her in The Midnight Club, then in the critically acclaimed horror The Fall of the House of Usher, where she starred alongside Rahul Kohli — who joked after her announcement:
“Excuses, excuses.”
Ruth fired back:
“How do I block someone twice?”
Mental health, years of pain, and a turning point
Ruth has spoken openly about how eight years of nerve damage and failed surgeries affected not only her body but her mind:
“My whole life revolved around trying to heal my leg. I didn’t see a future. I was angry at the world.”
The first amputation gave her a second chance.
Now, her second is giving her something even bigger:
freedom, control, and the ability to move forward — on her own terms.
A powerful reminder
Ruth’s story is not simply about loss —
It’s about choosing life, choosing joy, and choosing the kind of freedom only she can define.
And once she’s back on two prosthetics?
She’s already warned us:
