When it comes to the world of home improvement-based TV shows, there are few media personalities more well known than Ty Pennington. The beloved HGTV host has been entertaining audiences for years now and amassed a significant following. So many seemed to be taken aback by the news that he’d been hospitalized and intubated recently. Pennington confirmed the news himself and provided a detailed account of how he went “from the red carpet, to the ICU.” And all in all, it sounds like he had an intense week.
Ty Pennington opened up about his medical ordeal by way of a lengthy post that was shared to Instagram. He included several photos, some of which show him lying in a hospital bed. In his caption, the 58-year-old star assured his followers that he’s “okay now” and “still recovering” following what he referred to as an “interesting” week. Pennington then recounted the sequence of events that led him to being admitted to the hospital, and his story began in earnest with the premiere of the 2023 new movie release Barbie:
