‘I don’t remember having any warning signs or symptoms’: Former Wiggles star Greg Page offers a chilling warning to others 10 months after suffering a near-fatal heart attack
Almost 10 months after suffering a near-fatal heart attack onstage during a Wiggles reunion concert, Greg Page has spoken more about his terrifying ordeal.
Appearing on The Morning Show on Wednesday, the 48-year-old former Wiggles star warned others to closely monitor their health.
‘I don’t remember having any warning signs or symptoms, particularly during the show,’ he confessed of the concert, which took place at the Castle Hill RSL in Sydney on January 17.
Terrifying: Almost 10 months after suffering a near-fatal heart attack onstage during a Wiggles reunion concert, Greg Page has spoken more about his terrifying ordeal
Greg acknowledged that he felt ‘out of breath’ and ‘exhausted’ during the concert, but said that was normal for such a high energy show.
‘I certainly don’t remember feeling a pain in the chest, which is one of the typical warning signs people talk about,’ he added.
Greg claimed his heart attack and subsequent cardiac arrest ‘came totally out of the blue’ and urged others to consider their ‘lifestyle’.
Warning: Appearing on The Morning Show on Wednesday, the 48-year-old former Wiggles star warned others to closely monitor their health. Pictured at back with fellow Wiggles (front, L-R) Anthony Field, Jeff Fatt and Murray Cook in May 2012
He said that after leaving The Wiggles back in 2006, he gained quite a lot of weight, but thought he was healthy given that he exercised regularly.
‘I thought because I was physically fit and active that would counteract the bad diet, and I think that’s where I went wrong,’ he confessed.
Looking back, Greg admitted there were things he should have ‘done better’, and said he was in ‘denial’ about his health and wellbeing.
‘I don’t remember having any warning signs or symptoms, particularly during the show,’ he confessed of the concert, which took place at the Castle Hill RSL in Sydney on January 17
He’s now urging others to get checked out, claiming his ‘ignorance’ almost cost him his life.
Towards the end of the group’s performance back in January, Greg dramatically collapsed at the side of the stage and needed to be resuscitated.
A nurse and a doctor happened to be in the audience, and revived the star, before he was taken to hospital in an ambulance, where he spent several days recovering.
Feeling better: A nurse and a doctor happened to be in the audience, and revived the star, before he was taken to hospital in an ambulance, where he spent several days recovering