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Rylan Clark was hospitalised after suffering two heart failures following marriage breakdown: ‘My body shut down’-Louise Griffin-Entertainment – Metro
He had to have his heart restarted.
Rylan Clark has been open about the toll the breakdown of his marriage has taken on him (Picture: Lorne Thomson/Redferns)
Rylan Clark has revealed he suffered two heart failures following the breakdown of his marriage.
The TV presenter split from his husband Dan Neal last year after six years of marriage, and has been open about the toll it took on him.
Rylan, 33, explained: ‘There were weeks that I couldn’t speak. That sounds ridiculous because I can talk for England. My mum was genuinely concerned at one point that I’d had a stroke.’
He went on: ‘It was like my body had shut down. Twice last year I ended up back in an ambulance because my heart had failed and it was really strange because I just remember for a couple of weeks going, “My heart hurts.”‘
Speaking at his event An Evening With Rylan Clark, he added that, while a normal BPM (beats per minute) might be 60 to 120, his was 248.
‘My heart had to be restarted. I just remember lying in re-sus[citation], because I had these pads on with all these wires, and not understanding what it was.’
Rylan split from Dan Neal last year (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)
The presenter is set to release his new book (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)
He said that he shut himself off to people around him following the heartbreaking split.
The TV star went on to say that he’s not ‘given up’ on finding love.
‘The one thing I was most frightened of was being on my own,’ he explained. ‘And I know that sounds really strange because I can just go on Instagram or Twitter and speak to a million and a half of you at any one time. But 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.
‘But I’ve actually learnt to be alright on my own and I think that was a really important lesson to learn at the age of 33.’
Rylan appears to be doing much better and is now set to release his tell-all book which will feature him reflecting on his successful career after debuting on screens a decade ago, as well as the highs and lows of his relationship, including the end of his and Dan’s marriage.
‘We all know I should have lasted ten minutes, so how I’ve lasted ten years, I’ll never know. Learned so many lessons, especially in the last year but it’s been a journey, and I can’t wait to share it with you very soon,’ Rylan told his Instagram followers in March when announcing the book.
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