‘NCIS’ Alum Pauley Perrette Reveals She Nearly Died From Stroke 1 Year Ago: ‘Still a Survivor’
05.09.2022 - 18:33
/ usmagazine.com
A major health scare. Pauley Perrette revealed that she suffered a stroke one year ago — and it nearly killed her.
“One year ago I had a massive [stroke],” the NCIS alum, 53, tweeted on Friday, September 2. “Before that I lost so many beloved family and friends, and daddy and then Cousin Wayne. Yet still a survivor after this traumatic life I’ve been given so far … and still so grateful, still so full of faith, and STILL HERE!”
In a video accompanying her post, the New Orleans native quipped: “How many times do I cheat death? I almost died from a hair dye allergy, I have food allergies. I’m a domestic violence and rape survivor.”
The former Broke star went on to say that she feels “good” despite all her recent difficulties. “I’ve been through a lot in the last two years,” she said. “Things that are harder than having a stroke. But I’m still here. And I’m still grateful. And thank you, those of you who are my friends.”
Perrette previously revealed that her dad, Paul Perrette, died of COVID-19 at age 85 in January 2021. On her first Father’s Day without him, the Almost Famous star paid tribute to him with an emotional video shared via Twitter.
“It’s Fatherless Day for me and so many others,” she said in June 2021. “And I just want to send love and blessings because I sure know what it’s like.”
On the first anniversary of Paul’s death, his daughter revealed that she said goodbye to him “on a nurse’s cell phone” because family members were not allowed in the hospital to be with their loved ones. “There were no vaccines then,” she tweeted in January. “Just exhausted health care workers, dead bodies all over.”
Less than one year before his death, the actress’ dad joined her on the set of her sitcom Broke for an episode that was about