The Chase star Paul Sinha recently opened up about the “worst week of my life” that occured last year after a heart bypass operation.
Paul, 54, who lives with Parkinson’s disease, suffered two heart attacks while performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last August.
Giving an update on his health to Charlotte Hawkins and Richard Madeley on Good Morning Britain last month as he joked: “It’s been a busy 12 months. It’s been fine.
“I had the worst week of my life in December being in hospital for a bypass operation.
Paul Sinha: ‘Most traumatic moment of my life’
“It was an extraordinarily traumatic week for me. Not least on the penultimate day, when I was trying to get some sleep, a patient two beds down had his wife on speakerphone and I heard his wife bellow the following words across the ward: ‘The ironic thing is he’s the Chaser I’ve always hated.’
“To this day, it’s probably the most traumatic moment of my life. In many ways it cheered me up because it’s such a ludicrous thing to happen, you’ve got to laugh.”
When asked how his health is now, Paul – who is known as The Sinnerman on The Chase – said: “It’s been tough but you keep fighting, you keep battling, not least because you have no other option, really.
“People often call you brave, I’m not brave, I’m just pragmatic and positive and try to keep going and keep moving forward.”
Chaser says he’s ‘happy with life’
Richard said that Paul looked “fine” and asked if his medication was working well.
Paul responded: “The medication is very important, to do what your doctor tells you, to do it regularly.
“For me, I’m not a physical person, I’m a cerebral person. So as long as I’m answering questions at speed, doing The Chase for as long as I can, doing all sorts of quizzes, taking part in The Chasers week off in the country manor that we spend a week in, and doing stand-up comedy as regularly as I can, that’s me being happy with my life.”
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV1 and ITVX. Paul Sinha appears on The Chase weekdays at 5pm on ITV1.
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