RHOCH’s Nicole Sealey, 46, is rushed to hospital at 3am

Real Housewives of Cheshire star Nicole Sealey, 46, is in recovery after being rushed to hospital at 3am for emergency life-saving surgery.

The reality personality, who is the most recent addition to the cast, was admitted to Macclesfield District General hospital in the early hours of Tuesday after waking in the early hours of the morning in excruciating pain.

Last April, she spent five days in the same hospital after collapsing with gallbladder complications shortly before the UK was placed under lockdown.

Now the married mother-of-three is recovering after finally having a cholecystectomy – her gallbladder removed.

Nicole later said: ‘It was scary being rushed to A&E in the small hours. But I knew I was in good hands and am actually quite relieved now that my gallbladder is gone.

‘I’d like to thank the lovely staff at Macclesfield and Joe, my husband who looked after me. Feeling sore but on the mend!’

Both Joe and Nicole documented the dramatic night on their Instagram stories.

Posting a photo of his ill wife shortly after bringing her in, Joe said: ‘She’s not well. Got to have an op today now. 3am rushes to A&E are not fun.’

Nicole first collapsed due to her gallbladder earlier this year towards the end of filming the ITVBe reality show.

She felt unwell while she and her co-stars filmed scenes on a girls’ holiday to Athens shortly before the UK was placed under lockdown.

The gallbladder stores bile produced by the liver. That first collapse meant she had to spent her birthday in hospital.

She said afterwards: ‘I tried to carry on filming but in April I ended up in hospital. I was told that the pain is equivalent to being shot.’

She said about her birthday in hospital: ‘One of the nurses brought me a cupcake but I couldn’t eat it. But we are going to celebrate.’

Entrepreneur Nicole since rested her gallbladder while awaiting surgery with a low fat diet and avoiding red meat. After April’s collapse she lost 10lbs which she also attributes to going on walks during lockdown.

Now she hopes to put her health problems finally behind her and concentrate on work and filming for the new RHOC series.

Nicole joined the Real Housewives line-up during the 11th series which ended in June with a reunion show made via video call.

She is the director of transportation, trucking and railroad company NTS Premier Services and Neon PT personal training in Alderley Edge.

Her husband is former West Ham goalkeeper Joe Sealey – the son of the late Manchester United goalkeeper Les Sealey.

Nicole, who started her first business when she was 20, said of her entrepreneur skills: ‘It was one of the reasons I decided to join the show. They really wanted to promote that I’ve been in business for 26 years.

‘You are allowed to have a family life and to wear what you like and you don’t have to behave like a man in a man’s world .The Housewives is an extension of who I am.’

Nicole, originally from Essex, left school at 15 with no qualifications and yet managed to build various successful companies while bringing up children Luka, 23, Kira, 19, and Remi, 18.

In her teens she moved out of the family home to train as a beauty therapist. For the past five years she and her family have lived in the home she designed and project-managed in Wilmslow, Cheshire.

Nicole, who started out by buying a house for £26,000 and renting out the other rooms, has some advice for others thinking of setting up their own business.

She said: ‘Don’t be scared of making mistakes. It might not be what you set out to do but it doesn’t mean you’ve failed.’

She added: ‘Have a good business plan and do your research, and you don’t need a lot of money to market yourself because of social media.’