Aaron Sorkin Reveals He Had a Massive Stroke That Led Him to Quit Smoking
22.03.2023 - 16:45
/ etonline.com
Aaron Sorkin had a major health scare, revealing that he had a stroke in November 2022 while working on the Broadway revival of. The revelation comes while speaking to the and agreeing to go on the record about what happened to him. Just months before rehearsals for the show, which was rewritten by Sorkin and is set to open at New York City's Vivian Beaumont Theatre on April 13, the 61-year-old creator learned that he had suffered a stroke.
It was so bad that his doctor told him that he was «supposed to be dead,» and in the weeks that followed, he was slurring his words, had trouble typing and couldn't even sign his own name. «There was a minute when I was concerned that I was never going to be able to write again,» Sorkin admits. While he has mostly recovered from the incident, Sorkin tells the that what happened to him was «a loud wake-up call.» A heavy smoker since he was in high school, he reveals that he has since quit cold turkey. «I thought I was one of those people who could eat whatever he wanted, smoke as much as he wanted, and it’s not going to affect me. Boy, was I wrong,» he says, adding that he has also started a new diet and exercise regimen. Initially, Sorkin told the about the stroke in passing but later agreed to go public about the story in hopes that it will be a warning to someone else.
«If it’ll get one person to stop smoking, then it’ll be helpful,» he says.He adds that he is now «fine,» telling the, «I wouldn’t want anyone to think I can’t work.»While Sorkin prepares for the opening of, his fourth Broadway production after writing, and, he's also contemplating a return to the screen. He's apparently «dreaming up a Jan.
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