Casey Barker, 27, opens up on terrifying heart attack that left him ‘moments from death’
22.04.2023 - 08:41
/ ok.co.uk
Social media influencer and YouTuber Casey Barker suffered a major heart attack last year at the age of 27 and was just “moments away from death”. Casey, 27, lives in Brighton with his fiancée, Nicole Corrales, 25, and their three children, Harlow, 5, Lake, 3, and Remi, 6 months. Fans may recognise the father of three from Instagram, where he regularly shares personal and family updates with his over 300K followers while also creating vlogs for his YouTube channel which boasts over 500K subscribers.The 27 year old is also the brother of Saffron Barker, 22, who is a YouTuber and appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2019 and who also has a huge social media presence.
While Casey is “an open book” and regularly documents his life with his following, on December 29, 2022, his life flipped upside down when he suffered a major heart attack at his home in Brighton. Talking about what happened Casey spoke exclusively to OK! and said: “It was really strange, I was at home having a more chilled morning than I usually do because it's that week between Christmas and New Year. “It was the one day I was just chilling, doing absolutely nothing”.
He continued: “It got to lunchtime and all of a sudden, at first I felt a little bit of heartburn”.The father of three told his fiancée Nicole, but in the space of four to five minutes said he was “curled up on the floor” tensing his “whole body” and arching his back in pain. He said: “It was really bad,” adding that their kids were in the same room and were wondering what he was doing. Casey shares that he’s diabetic but “gets over it” when he doesn’t feel well and said: “I could tell from the off that this was different.
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