Kevin Smith, director of movies such as Clerks and Mallrats, informed on Twitter that he had suffered a “ massive heart attack” that nearly killed him. Smith had tweeted a selfie from a hospital bed that showed him covered in tubes and wearing a hospital gown. He had tweeted, “After the first show this evening, I had a massive heart attack. The doctor who saved my life told me I had 100 per cent blockage of my LAD artery (aka “the Widow-Maker”).”
Now, two days since his heart attack, Smith has checked in with his fans and thanked his well-wishers in a Facebook Live video. In the 19-minute video, Smith recounted his experience, and explained that he began to feel nauseous after finishing the first of the back-to-back shows. “I started feeling pressure on my chest — but not like, ‘There’s an elephant on my chest’ — I just couldn’t catch my breath,” he continued. “Honestly, I was never really in pain.” [caption id=“attachment_4370797” align=“alignnone” width=“825”]  Kevin Smith/Image from Twitter.[/caption] Smith also thanked actor Chris Pratt, who came under fire after tweeting that he was praying for Smith. “Poor Chris Pratt, one of my favorite actors on the planet, fu**ing put up a nice tweet, where he’s just like ‘Hey man, I don’t know you that much but I love Clerks and I’m praying for you’ and and apparently people were like, ‘f**k your prayers’ and attacked him and **t,” he said.
You can watch the full Facebook live here.