Nick Knowles dons eyepatch for charity ball after emergency operation By Press Association January 26 2019, 5:55 pm January 26 2019, 5:55 pm Share Nick Knowles dons eyepatch for charity ball after emergency operation Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://wpcluster.dctdigital.com/pressandjournal/entertainment/tv-film/1663391/nick-knowles-dons-eyepatch-for-charity-ball-after-emergency-operation/ Copy Link Nick Knowles (Yui Mok/PA) Nick Knowles showed off a new look when he attended a charity ball after an emergency eye operation. The DIY SOS host, 56, posted snaps on Instagram, which showed him wearing an eyepatch. View this post on Instagram NSPCC White Hat Ball in support of Childline – truly inspiring evening Lunchtime eye op left me looking like a pirate but just about got away with it I thinkA post shared by Nick Knowles (@nickknowles) on Jan 25, 2019 at 4:20pm PST And he wrote of the charity evening: “NSPCC White Hat Ball in support of Childline – truly inspiring evening. “Lunchtime eye op left me looking like a pirate but just about got away with it, I think. View this post on Instagram Lunchtime emergency eye operation Evening NSPCC ball for Helpline Couldn’t let them down Had to go part pirateA post shared by Nick Knowles (@nickknowles) on Jan 26, 2019 at 3:14am PST And the star, wearing black tie, added: “Couldn’t let them down. Had to go part pirate.” View this post on Instagram NSPCC White Hat Ball With Esther Rantzen who started Childline which is, for so many children, the only lifeline #SupportingChildline A child calls every 25 seconds £4 to answer each call £200,000 raised in one night Thank you allA post shared by Nick Knowles (@nickknowles) on Jan 26, 2019 at 5:53am PST The ball, in London, raises money for the NSPCC’s ChildLine service. Other attendees included ChildLine founder Dame Esther Rantzen. Knowles become the sixth contestant to get the boot from I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! last year. He managed 20 days in the jungle and became the camp’s de facto cook, playing a fatherly figure to the group’s younger members.