Frail-looking Paul Hogan arrives in Sydney in a wheelchair and nursing a broken rib

Paul Hogan has arrived back home in Australia as he battles a debilitating condition that is ravaged his health and left him too weak to perform basic tasks on his own. 

The actor, 83, appeared very frail on Saturday as he made his way through Sydney Airport in a wheelchair, pushed along by a minder. 

He was in a position to stand on his own once leaving the terminal, but was in visible pain as a consequence of a broken rib. 

Paul Hogan (pictured) has arrived back home in Australia as he battles a debilitating condition that is ravaged his health and left him too weak to perform basic tasks on his own

After disembarking from his flight, Hogan was assisted by ground staff who transported him in a wheelchair. 

Despite his sick health, the Hollywood icon was wearing an elegant ensemble befitting his superstar status.

He donned a black dress shirt and tailored trousers, together with a velvet jacket and  sunglasses. 

The actor, 83, appeared very frail on Saturday as he made his way through Sydney Airport

He rode in a wheelchair, pushed along by a minder

The Flipper star stood up from the chair unassisted as he waited for his automobile, and was in a position to carry a leather sports bag 

 Nevertheless, he struggled to walk as he clung onto his side, and gave the impression to be in agony as a consequence of his rib injury

Hogan clutched his side multiple times while travelling within the wheelchair, wincing in discomfort. 

The Flipper star stood up from the chair unassisted as he waited for his automobile, and was in a position to carry a leather sports bag. 

Nevertheless, he struggled to walk as he clung onto his side, and gave the impression to be in agony as a consequence of his rib injury. 

After disembarking from his flight, Hogan was assisted by ground staff who transported him in a wheelchair

He placed on a brave face at times, joking with the minder  

Despite his sick health, the Hollywood icon was wearing an elegant ensemble befitting his superstar status

He donned a black dress shirt and tailored trousers, together with a velvet jacket and sunglasses

It comes after the icon revealed that he’s eager to spend his final years in Australia as his health fails. 

Famed for his rugged appearances in the favored Crocodile Dundee film franchise, Hogan has struggled with muscle wastage and dramatic weight reduction after being diagnosed with retroperitoneal fibrosis, a disorder wherein inflammation and extensive scar tissue occurs within the abdominal cavity. 

Discussing the condition during an interview with  A Current Affair host Tracy Grimshaw – her last before she leaves Nine’s flagship program after 17 years – Hogan revealed the benign growth has wrapped across the abdominal aorta and pressed on his kidney.

It comes after the icon revealed that he’s eager to spend his final years in Australia as his health fails

Famed for his rugged appearances in the favored Crocodile Dundee film franchise, Hogan has struggled with muscle wastage and dramatic weight reduction after being diagnosed with retroperitoneal fibrosis

It’s a disorder wherein inflammation and extensive scar tissue occurs within the abdominal cavity

Discussing the condition during an interview with A Current Affair host Tracy Grimshaw, Hogan revealed the benign growth has wrapped across the abdominal aorta and pressed on his kidney

And he admits the devastating impact on his health has left him pining to depart the $3.5million Venice Beach home he shares with son Probability, 24, and return to the relative tranquility of his home country.  

He said: ‘[I’ve] been higher. I had an issue on the aorta within the kidney and the treatment fixed it, but it surely shrunk me. 

‘I just… I’ve lost all my body fat and the muscles all shrank and the strength has come back, since it left me feeble. I get Probability to open jars for me.’

He admits the devastating impact on his health has left him pining to depart the $3.5million Venice Beach home he shares with son Probability, 24, and return to the relative tranquility of his home country

He said: ‘[I’ve] been higher. I had an issue on the aorta within the kidney and the treatment fixed it, but it surely shrunk me’ 

‘I just… I’ve lost all my body fat and the muscles all shrank and the strength has come back, since it left me feeble. I get Probability to open jars for me’ Hogan explained 

He added: ‘Quite a number of of my friends on diets hate me for it because I try to eat every part fatty and lardy you may consider. All the pieces they don’t seem to be allowed to have. I can not placed on an oz’

The actor was prescribed corticosteroids to shrink the expansion, but now must regain his strength after the health scare dramatically modified his physique

He added: ‘Quite a number of of my friends on diets hate me for it because I try to eat every part fatty and lardy you may consider. All the pieces they don’t seem to be allowed to have. I can not placed on an oz.’ 

The actor was prescribed corticosteroids to shrink the expansion, but now must regain his strength after the health scare dramatically modified his physique. 

Hogan said the steroid treatment was worse than the disease. 

Hogan said the steroid treatment was worse than the disease

‘They shrink your muscles and [they’re] presupposed to make you fat, but I got thinner and thinner and thinner,’ Hogan revealed

‘I’m now within the business of attempting to put a little bit of fat on… because you’re feeling the cold an excessive amount of whenever you’ve got no body fat’ he added

Hogan now has a pacemaker fitted and says he’s ‘being held together by string’ while attempting to work his way back to full health

‘They shrink your muscles and [they’re] presupposed to make you fat, but I got thinner and thinner and thinner,’ Hogan revealed.

‘I’m now within the business of attempting to put a little bit of fat on… because you’re feeling the cold an excessive amount of whenever you’ve got no body fat.’

Hogan now has a pacemaker fitted and says he’s ‘being held together by string’ while attempting to work his way back to full health. 

The Golden Globe winner said he all the time ‘maintained’ his fitness up until he was 79, and admits he’s lucky to have been healthy for thus long

‘I used to be still fit. I’d still take out most 40 12 months olds,’ he said. ‘After which I turned 80 and it’s lovely that saying that “turning 80 shouldn’t be for sissies” because things begin to crumble’

Hogan previously said he’s eager to return home to Australia as his health declines

The Golden Globe winner said he all the time ‘maintained’ his fitness up until he was 79, and admits he’s lucky to have been healthy for thus long.

‘I used to be still fit. I’d still take out most 40 12 months olds,’ he said. ‘After which I turned 80 and it’s lovely that saying that “turning 80 shouldn’t be for sissies” because things begin to crumble.’

Hogan has previously said he’s eager to return home to Australia as his health declines, but says he cannot leave son Probability – his child with ex-wife and former Crocodile Dundee co-star Linda Kozlowski – alone in California.

‘I’m not within the place I’m meant to be, but I’m not allowed to complain about anything,’ he said

‘I’ve had such a gifted life. I’ve had so many wonderful things occur to me without deserving them so I shouldn’t complain but, yeah, ideally I’d quite be back in Sydney because I miss the remaining of my family there’ he added

Hogan revealed recently that he’d been ‘homesick for years’ after the Venice Beach neighbourhood surrounding his home became a magnet for vagrants

‘I miss the people, the atmosphere – and there is something you only cannot put your finger on, but there’s something about Australia that’s friendlier and more laid-back,’ he said

‘I’m not within the place I’m meant to be, but I’m not allowed to complain about anything,’ he said.

‘I’ve had such a gifted life. I’ve had so many wonderful things occur to me without deserving them so I shouldn’t complain but, yeah, ideally I’d quite be back in Sydney because I miss the remaining of my family there.’ 

Hogan revealed recently he’d been ‘homesick for years’ after the Venice Beach neighbourhood surrounding his home became a magnet for vagrants. 

He moved to Los Angeles in 2005 together with his then-love interest and former co-star Linda Kozlowski, who he met on the set of Crocodile Dundee. Pictured within the film 

‘I miss the people, the atmosphere – and there is something you only cannot put your finger on, but there’s something about Australia that’s friendlier and more laid-back,’ he told The Every day Telegraph.

‘It never takes itself seriously – there isn’t any arrogance like there’s in different places.’

He moved to Los Angeles in 2005 together with his then-love interest and former co-star Linda Kozlowski, who he met on the set of Crocodile Dundee.

Hogan desires to return home to Australia as his health declines, but says he cannot leave his son Probability (left) alone in California

He left his first wife Noelene to pursue a love affair with much-younger Linda, now 64, and so they wed in 1990.

In 2014 she filed for divorce but they’re said to still be on good terms and live in the identical neighborhood while co-parenting their son. 

In an interview with Sunrise last 12 months, Hogan said he was ‘desperate’ to return to Australia and leave his life in America behind.

Hogan is pictured together with his second wife Linda Kozlowski in Beverly Hills, California, within the 12 months 2000. The couple divorced in 2014 after 25 years together

‘I’m desperately homesick,’ he said. ‘I’m living in LA County, which is 10 million people and half of them have gotten Covid. So am I homesick? You bet your life.’ 

His house is within the once-elite beachside suburb of Venice, where an enormous increase in homelessness has seen a whole bunch of tents line the beach’s famous boardwalk and a pointy increase in crime. 

When asked how he was coping with Los Angeles’ crime wave, Hogan simply said he ‘doesn’t go anywhere.’

The enduring Australian actor appeared in Channel Seven’s The Roast of Paul Hogan last month.  The star filmed the event in front of a live audience at Crown Casino in April

He added: ‘[I’m] bored in lockdown, and the minute I can get on the plane without being locked in a hotel for 2 weeks, I’m back.’   

The enduring Australian actor appeared in Channel Seven’s The Roast of Paul Hogan last month. 

An array of Australian talent, including Kerri-Anne Kennerley, Ernie Dingo and John Paul Young, poked fun at Paul’s expense while also paying tribute to his life and profession.

The star filmed the event in front of a live audience at Crown Casino in Melbourne in April.  

Hogan rose to fame on comedy sketch program The Paul Hogan Show within the Nineteen Seventies