Sean Hayes is an ER regular.
The Will & Grace star recently went to the hospital twice in one night without even telling his husband Scott Icenogle.
The story came up on Hayes’ Smartless podcast, which he cohosts with Jason Bateman and Will Arnett, when guest Hugh Grant complained of his jetlag flying from London to Los Angeles.
“I can’t do it anymore. I think it’s an age thing,” Grant said of the flight on the Nov. 18 episode. “I woke up hours ago very, very hungry and felt like my heart is made of Play-Doh.”
Arnett then chimed in with his own story about Hayes’ recent ER visit.
“Hugh, you should know this,” Arnett said. “Sean woke up two or three nights ago with a heart issue, drove himself to Cedars-Sinai, didn’t wake up his husband. They brought the paddles out. They put him under. They paddled him. He drove home. An hour later he woke up to use the bathroom, drove himself back to Cedars and got paddled again.”
Hayes added, “And then we had dinner that night.”
As for what led to the back-to-back visits, the 54-year-old has previously opened up about his battle with Atrial Fibrillation, also known as AFib. The Mayo Clinic defines AFib as “an irregular and often very rapid heart rhythm,” that can lead to blood clots and can increase the risk of stroke and heart failure.
“I have AFib where you heart beats like that, you feel like you’re gonna die,” Hayes shared on Jimmy Kimmel Live in 2021. “So when I go to the ER, I’m like Norm from Cheers. They’re like Sean! Because I’m in there all the time.”
He added that he even stops medical staff from going through their procedures.
“I know exactly what needs to be happening,” he explained. “They’re like, ‘Can I check you?’ And I’m like, ‘Look, this is how this is gonna go. You’re gonna give me Propofol. I’m gonna go out. I’m gonna go, ‘Clear.’ And I’m gonna go home.’ Because it zaps you back into regular rhythm.”