Rylan Clark reveals that he suffered heart failure twice last year during the breakdown of his marriage to Dan Neal.
The 33-year-old has been open about the effect his marriage woes had on his mental health, even admitting that his body "completely shut down". The X Factor star took time off work to focus on his health during the marital breakdown and has discussed how that affected his physical health.
He revealed that he ended up in an ambulance twice, explaining at an event recently: "Twice last year I ended up in the back of an ambulance because my heart failed." He spoke about his health woes whilst celebrating the launch of his new book, Ten: The Decade That Changed My Future, at the Royal Festival Hall in London, as reported by the Mirror.
Speaking at his An Evening With Rylan this week, he said a normal resting heart rate would range from around 60 to 120 beats per minute (bpm) but that his was 248 bpm. The Celebrity Big Brother star said his heart stopped and that he was administered an injection in hospital in a bid by medics to "restart" it.
Discussing the experience, he said: "I knew it wasn't right. It turned out that my heart had to be restarted." He recalled lying in resus with pads and wires attached to his body.
Rylan said he later asked what the pads were for and was told they would have been used if he hadn't taken a breath as medics would have had to "restart [him] electrically."
According to Metro, he further explained at the event: "I think I was so frightened of being alone that I think that's what contributed to my downfall and my spiral that I was in."
The outlet reports that Rylan said he has since learnt to be comfortable on his own and he described that as a "really important lesson" to learn whilst in his early thirties.
His new memoir Ten: The Decade That Changed My Future will be released on September 29. It features stories from his life and career, chronicling his decade in the spotlight.
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