Bob Odenkirk revealed medics helped perform CPR after he suffered a near-fatal heart attack while on set of "Better Call Saul" in July 2021. In an episode of Tuesday Lorraine, Odenkirk, 59, said, "I had a heart attack. I had some plaque break off and block the artery, and they [Patrick and Rhea] were right there.They came over, didn't know what to do but screamed their heads off, and then the medic showed up and performed CPR.Thank God, very lucky, very lucky." The "Breaking Bad" actor has been known in past interviews to credit his co-stars, Rhea Seehorn and Patrick Fabian, for "screaming their heads off" and alerting the medic, who then performed CPR, which saved his life. Bob Odenkirk revealed medics helped perform CPR after he suffered a near-fatal heart attack while on set of "Better Call Saul" in July 2021.
Bob Odenkirk opens up about ‘shocking’ near-death ‘heart incident’
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set of his AMC show “Better Call Saul.”The 59-year-old actor sat down with NBC “Today” show host Willie Geist to discuss his “shocking” July 2021 health scare in a candid interview set to air Sunday. He explained that doctors clarified he had a “heart incident” and not a heart attack, explaining his “widow-maker artery was completely blocked.“That’s why it’s called the widow-maker, ’cause you die when that happens. But I went down.
And I was very lucky that my co-stars, Rhea Seehorn and Patrick Fabian, were right nearby.”He recounted how his colleagues rushed over and sounded the alarm as health officers began CPR and eventually used a defibrillator three times to revive him. “I was not present for any of it. But I’m told it was a pretty shocking day on set.
And traumatizing for all my costars and crew members and people I love very much who love me. And stood by my side and then went to the hospital with me,” Odenkirk said. He had previously shared that he shockingly didn’t have a pulse and had no memory when he initially collapsed between filming.“We were shooting a scene, we’d been shooting all day, and luckily I didn’t go back to my trailer,” he recently told the New York Times.The “Better Call Saul” star was rushed to Presbyterian Hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where doctors surgically “blew up the little balloons and knocked out that plaque and left stents in two places.”Odenkirk admitted that he discovered a plaque buildup in his heart in 2018 but chose to forgo treatment at the time.
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Better Call Saul actor said in a recent interview that the incident occurred as he and his then-girlfriend were leaving an improv show in Chicago.He told the Armchair Expert podcast that “somebody pull[ed] a gun” on him and his partner while they were sitting inside a car at around 1am.“It looked like a shitty zip gun,” Odenkirk said. “You know what a zip gun is? It’s kind of a made-up gun. You build it but it’s not made of plastic.
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Bob Odenkirk opens up about near-fatal 'heart incident' on 'Better Call Saul' set
Bob Odenkirk is sharing more details about his near-fatal heart incident that occurred on the set of "Better Call Saul" last year. Odenkirk, 59, opened up about the July 2021 health scare in a sit-down interview with "Today." At the time of the incident, reports said he was rushed to the hospital after experiencing a heart attack. In a sneak-peek clip released from the upcoming TV interview, Odenkirk said doctors have called it a "heart incident." "Hey everybody, I had a heart attack, but if you're a heart doctor, you know I had a heart incident," he says, adding, "I'd love a doctor to explain to me what the difference is." Physicians informed him that his widow-maker artery was "completely blocked," he said.
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Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk has credited his co-star Rhea Seehorn for saving his life following a heart-related medical emergency on set last year. In July 2021, Odenkirk suffered a heart attack while on the set of the Breaking Bad spin-off, and the star was later admitted to hospital in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Shortly after the incident he confirmed that he was doing well and he later returned to set to continue filming in September.
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Bob Odenkirk, the experience of having a massive heart attack and almost dying on set is something that will be on his mind to some degree for the foreseeable future. The same goes for his co-star, and the woman who saved his life, Rhea Seehorn.The co-stars walked the red carpet at the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on Sunday, and they spoke with ET's Will Marfuggi about Odenkirk's shocking near-death experience.According to the actor, it was actually more frightening for Seehorn than for himself.«She got scared, I wasn't scared.
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Bob Odenkirk, the experience of having a massive heart attack and almost dying on set is something that will be on his mind to some degree for the foreseeable future. The same goes for his co-star, and the woman who saved his life, Rhea Seehorn.The co-stars walked the red carpet at the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on Sunday, and they spoke with ET's Will Marfuggi about Odenkirk's shocking near-death experience.According to the actor, it was actually more frightening for Seehorn than for himself.«She got scared, I wasn't scared.
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Howard Stern this week.At the time, Bob was directing projects that "weren't great" and didn't pay well. He admits he lacked creativity and was visionless. Soon, he was in a "financial hole" and taking any gig that he could get his hands on, regardless of pay.His business manager told him, "'Money is money, whatever you can make.