During a recent podcast, Actor Bob Odenkirk said he wished he’d listened to a “cranky” conservative doctor’s medical advice following a recent health scare.
Odenkirk was speaking to comedian and podcaster Tig Nataro about a 2021 incident while he was on the set of “Better Call Saul,” in which he collapsed. Odenkirk spoke about his cranky, conservative doctor that had warned him about his health.
“When I was 50, I went in, he was a heart doctor, Cedar-Sinai, and he had signs up all around his office at this point [saying] ‘We do not accept Obamacare,’ and I hated this side of him that I only learned over time,” he said.
Odenkirk said the doctor, who he had been with for 20 years, suggested he start taking statins, a drug which helps to lower cholesterol.
“And I said, ‘Well, I don’t know. I don’t have heart disease in my family.’ He goes, ‘Just take ’em,'” he continued. Odenkirk said he then went to a different doctor, who told him, “you don’t need medicine yet.”
Odenkirk said he had a heart attack, confirming that the first doctor was right.
“And I had a heart attack. And I think the first doctor was right,” the actor said. “The cranky conservative jackass was right, because he was a good doctor. His political point of view doesn’t have anything to do with his ability to judge your health and your health choices and needs.”
In July 2021, Odenkirk collapsed on the set of “Better Call Saul” and was rushed to the hospital. He returned to set in September 2021 and resumed filming, completing the final season.
Odenkirk opened up about the incident during an interview on NBC’s “Today,” telling the hosts, “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 co-stars and crew members, people I love very much who love me and stood by my side and then went to the hospital with me.”
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