Drew Carey says misconceptions led him to ignore heart attack symptoms

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Fox News Flash top entertainment and celebrity headlines are here. Drew Carey said he didn’t realize he was having a heart attack during the run of his ‘90s to early 2000s hit "The Drew Carey Show" because he believed the misconception that a person is supposed to clench their heart and fall down. "I was really overweight, and we were supposed to come back to taping," Carey told Ted Danson on his podcast, "Where Everybody Knows Your Name," Wednesday. Carey said he decided to start jogging to lose weight before he went back to the show. COUNTRY STAR CARLY PEARCE ISSUES URGENT HEALTH PLEA AFTER BEING IGNORED BY DOCTORS: 'PLEASE GO GET CHECKED' "So, I had a little chest heart monitor and whatever. And I was jogging down my street, and my heart rate went up to like 160 or something like that, like really crazy, and I was like, ‘Oh,’ And I felt like numb