Kevin Smith Suffers a Massive Heart Attack

Director Kevin Smith Suffers Massive Heart Attack | HuffPost
"Silent Bob was nearly silenced for good this weekend.

Kevin Smith, the acclaimed director of “Clerks” and “Chasing Amy,” suffered a massive heart attack on Sunday."

He seems to be doing well....timely medical intervention saved his life.

 

Crazy......
Been listening to his podcasts on a weekly basis since "Zack & Miri...", and this comes as a total shock!
I assumed he didn't do that diet that Jeff Garlin told him about.

 

Not sure what his diet is -he still looks like he's carrying at least an extra 50lbs.

 

I've been listening to him for so long now, I'm thinking the lure of 'yummy snacks' has a little something to do with this.

 

Just refreshed my podcasts, and Saturday's "Hollywood Babble-On" is up:
Hollywood Babble-On — SModcast

 

No surprise at all. He's always been massively overweight. Hope he finally takes this as a much-needed wake-up call. Glad to know he's doing better.

 

He lost a fair amount of weight a few years ago after being embarrassed on a flight. He was juicing. I was tempted to try it myself since he had such good results from it. But I'm sure he did plenty of damage being so heavy and smoking for so long.

I should use this as a wake up call for myself and start eating right because I'll be in the same boat before long.

Anyway, I'm glad they saved him and hope he can make a full recovery.

 

Although I wasn't aware of some weight loss, the fact is he's still very very overweight. He needs to do things right and shed a lot of weight... kind of like John Goodman. If he had stayed at the same massive weight he had when doing The Babe, I don't think he'd still be with us today.

 

He made some progress. Not enough, I guess. I was envious.

 

Blocked artery. That takes years to build up. And he's only 47.

Although the article doesn't say, I'm assuming the doctors cleared the blockage and inserted a stent.

 

lack of exercise> smoking too

sean

 

How recent is the picture on the right? It's hard to judge his weight as his clothes obscure most details.

 

When he finally does pass, those are gonna be mighty big Jorts to fill.

 

I'm glad Kevin is still around. He must have been so scared as it happened.

My spouse's cousin passed away last Friday from a massive heart attack - he was 51. He was thin and active but he smoked. His father passed at 71 from the same cause. The reason he died though was this - he didn't pay attention to the warning signs and get himself to a hospital.

Putting aside taking care of yourself, medical science is f----ng amazing in an emergency. You feel those changes in your breathing and pains in the chest get yourself to a hospital.

 

He actually wrote about that on an Instagram post:

Kevin Smith on Instagram: “I was trying to do a killer standup special this evening but I might’ve gone too far. After the first show, I felt kinda nauseous. I threw…”

 

Yeah he's had plenty warnings. If you read his book My Boring *** Life! He was already getting bowel issues 10+ years ago from his diet and spending hours sitting on the toilet with his Macbook on his lap doing his 'intenet stuff' in the morning.

From what I remember his proctologist gave him the following sage advice -

1. Only poop when you need to poop!

2. Only poop for as long as you need to poop! Once finished...get off or you are just straining your bowels!

I wish him well however. Up to him if he makes the required changes.

 

He often told of bringing doughnuts to the set of "The Flash" & "Supergirl";
I assume the stars are too young and beautiful to eat them, so........

 

He's always been a cool ("coolesque"....?) sorta guy, at ease with jokes and just as dialed-in as I am about pop culture. Entertaining, natural talent, that smile on his face brings out those kind of good looks even a bro can appreciate.

To learn he faced the big blooey, and came away relieved, could be his ticket to an eventual relapse, though. Cool with leaving behind loving family? Happy with all he's accomplished to the point he could say "thassit" when he has potential to do so much more (and I'm saying this empathetically, not as a "customer" feeling somehow "cheated")? Ummmm, I dunno if someone was sending you a message, buuuut...maybe you should press the button anyway, in case the light was just burnt out.

If you can't get the gonads together to care about the opportunity this little event has given you, and convince yourself it's worth it to invest a little more time in turning this battleship around...I dunno, maybe we were cheated...cheated out of a better martyr than a role model.

Which is too bad...because I really like the dude.

 

I think it was taken in 2015.

 

This was from Sundance 2018



Still looks better than he at his heaviest.

 

The constant hockey jersey look is a tiresome bit.

Still, glad he’s doing better and hopefully he’ll implement some life changes. I need to do the same or I’ll be in the same hockey jersey as Kevin.

 

Yeah, the jersey thing is getting old, but I'd still take it over that old hoodie he wore for like 20 years.

You guys are making me nervous with that "too much time on the can" talk. I spend lots of time there....though I am actually conducting business, not forcing the issue! Like Louis CK said, I'm always in a 48 hour window of a bathroom emergency. If I'd only stop eating dairy and grease I could probably prevent all sorts of discomfort in my life.

Kevin Smith's heart attack should be seen as a cautionary tale to all to us bad eaters. Having said all that I just ate two pieces of Russell Stover candy someone left in the break room. Huzzah!

 

Smoking will do it.

 

If your sitting on the pot for 30 min, change your diet.

 

Every time I see him on tv or the internet, he's bigger than the last time, so I can't say I was surprised about the heart attack. Hopefully, he uses this scare as motivation to make some changes. He's still a young man, we want him to stick around for a while.