{"id":2391,"date":"2026-05-16T19:39:55","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/bob-odenkirk-shares-shocking-new-details-on-near-fatal-2021-heart-attack\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T19:39:55","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T19:39:55","slug":"bob-odenkirk-shares-shocking-new-details-on-near-fatal-2021-heart-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/bob-odenkirk-shares-shocking-new-details-on-near-fatal-2021-heart-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Odenkirk shares shocking new details on near-fatal 2021 heart attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127959714.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bob Odenkirk is shedding light <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/07\/30\/bob-odenkirk-confirms-he-had-a-small-heart-attack\/\">onto the heart attack he had<\/a> while on the set of \u201cBetter Call Saul\u201d in 2021. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI went down and\u00a0Rhea [Seehorn]\u00a0and\u00a0Patrick [Fabian]\u00a0grabbed me and they were screaming, but [the crew members who noticed] thought they were laughing,\u201d the actor, 63, recalled while speaking with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/culture\/film\/article\/bob-odenkirk-on-his-heart-attack-i-went-down-i-was-gone-id-turned-grey-vcbs6ndjc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Times of London<\/a> on Friday. \u201cSo there were delays in reacting because we were all so far apart from each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was gone. I turned gray,\u201d Odenkirk recounted. \u201cEventually the on-set medic showed up and he didn\u2019t know what to do. He\u2019d never done CPR.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After being transported to a local hospital, the \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d\u00a0alum was treated without surgery.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Bob Odenkirk (pictured here in March) shared more details about his 2021 heart attack while filming \u201cBetter Call Saul.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cI was gone. I turned gray,\u201d the actor (pictured here in 2025) revealed. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>However, Odenkirk has very little recollection of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of people get that wonderful reel of film of their life, or they have a person who says, \u2018Do you want to go back?\u2019 None of that for me,\u201d he explained to the outlet. \u201cThe first memory I have is leaving the hospital a week after I got there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since the health scare, Odenkirk has had a new lease on life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat was such a gift, to experience a few weeks where I felt that way about my presence in the world,\u201d the \u201cNobody\u201d star gushed. \u201cI felt just very, very delighted and engaged.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cBreaking Bad\u201d alum shared that when he went down, his co-stars Rhea Seehorn and Patrick Fabian (pictured here together in 2023) grabbed him and started to scream. <span class=\"credit\">The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images,<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>At first the crew members thought the actors were laughing with Odenkirk (pictured here in Season 6).  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9AMC\/courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In July 2021, after the incident, Odenkirk hopped online to confirm he had a heart attack while filming the sixth season of the hit AMC show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHi. It\u2019s Bob,\u201d the Emmy winner\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrbobodenkirk\/status\/1421195860466089991\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted at the time<\/a>. \u201cThank you. To my family and friends who have surrounded me this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Odenkirk added, \u201cAnd for the outpouring of love from everyone who expressed concern and care for me. It\u2019s overwhelming. But I feel the love and it means so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A follow-up tweet noted, \u201cI\u2019m going to be ok thanks to Rosa Estrada and the doctors who knew how to fix the blockage without surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cNobody\u201d star (pictured here in 2025) was rushed to the hospital and received treatment without surgery. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Coming through to the other side left \u201cThe Incredibles 2\u201d star (pictured here in 2023) feeling \u201cjust very, very delighted and engaged.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for SCAD<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to take a beat to recover but I\u2019ll be back soon,\u201d he promised.<\/p>\n<p>One month later, Odenkirk gave a <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/08\/07\/bob-odenkirk-gives-health-update-after-heart-attack\/\">positive update to followers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am doing great,\u201d he\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrbobodenkirk\/status\/1423873852845682695\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted in August 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had my very own \u2018It\u2019s a wonderful life\u2019 week of people insisting I make the world slightly better,\u201d Odenkirk divulged \u2014 referencing the Frank Capra film where George Bailey sees what the world would have turned out like if he was never born. \u201cWow! Thank you, I love everyone right now but let\u2019s keep expectations reasonable!\u201d <\/p>\n<p>One year later, during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/willie-geist-sits-down-with-bob-odenkirk-this-weekend-on-sunday-today-135136837797\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cSunday Today\u201d interview<\/a>, Odenkirk revealed just how serious the medical emergency was. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>In 2022, Odenkirk (pictured here in Season 4 with Seehorn and Fabian) recalled how serious his heart attack was. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9AMC\/courtesy Everett Collection \/ Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cMy widow-maker artery was completely blocked. That\u2019s why it\u2019s called the widow-maker \u2019cause you die when that happens, but I went down,\u201d the actor (pictured here with Seehorn on the show in 2022) said. <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9AMC\/courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMy widow-maker artery was completely blocked,\u201d he said in the 2022 sit-down. \u201cThat\u2019s why it\u2019s called the widow-maker \u2019cause you die when that happens, but I went down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was not present for any of it,\u201d Odenkirk shared. \u201cI\u2019m told it was a pretty shocking day on set, and traumatizing for all my costars and crew members and people I love very much who love me and stood by my side and then went to the hospital with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/bob-odenkirk-recalls-feeling-upbeat-the-day-after-his-heart-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he told Yahoo!Life<\/a> that the heart attack \u201cdidn\u2019t affect\u201d him \u201cmuch for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cI was not present for any of it,\u201d the AMC star (pictured here in Season 5) confessed.  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9AMC\/courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cI\u2019m told it was a pretty shocking day on set, and traumatizing for all my costars and crew members and people I love very much,\u201d Odenkirk (pictured here with Seehorn in 2025) expressed. <span class=\"credit\">The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI had a strange kind of upbeat energy literally the next day, and every day,\u201d Odenkirk detailed. \u201cIt was because I had, like, a mind wipe every night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated that his \u201cability to even think about what had happened\u201d was compromised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI needed my brain to get back on a normal state,\u201d Odenkirk mused. It\u2019s something I think about every day.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/16\/celebrity-news\/bob-odenkirk-shares-shocking-new-details-on-near-fatal-2021-heart-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bob Odenkirk is shedding light onto the heart attack he had while on the set<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127959714.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2391"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2391\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}