Stephen Colbert is reminding the world once more that his spouse, Evelyn McGee-Colbert, fairly actually saved his life just a few weeks in the past.
The “Late Show” host was hospitalized in November, after his appendix ruptured simply earlier than he taped the ultimate episodes forward of the present’s Thanksgiving break. Since his return to the air, he’s talked concerning the harrowing expertise — and he shared new particulars concerning the emergency on Monday, together with the heroic function his spouse performed.
“She saved my life,” Colbert informed “Entertainment Tonight” on the purple carpet for the seventy fifth Emmy Awards.
“I had a burst appendix, and I was in a lot of pain,” he continued. “It was the last show before we took a break. And I went, ‘I’ll just go do the show anyway. I’m sure we’ll be fine.’ And by the time the show’s over, I had a 102.5 fever. I was in shock. I had blood poisoning.”
“Don’t do it, kids,” joked Colbert. “Don’t broadcast with blood poisoning!”
Colbert had beforehand stated he had extreme belly ache that day, however nonetheless went to work to movie two episodes again to again. After interviewing Bradley Cooper and ingesting tequila with movie star chef José Andrés, his signs drastically worsened.
Colbert stated Monday that his spouse primarily compelled him to hunt medical consideration.
“By the time I was calling her on the drive home, my teeth were chattering and my whole body was in spasms,” he informed “ET.” “I was in bad shape. And I said, ‘I just wanna go home and go to bed.’ She goes, ‘I’m gonna have the driver take you to the hospital, and I’ll meet you there.’”
Colbert added that this sounded “like a good idea.”
It was. According to the National Institutes of Health, infections from a burst appendix can result in belly sepsis — which reportedly has a mortality price of 72% if left untreated.
“I kept saying, ‘What am I gonna do at home with you?’” McGee-Colbert informed “ET” on Monday, recalling her husband’s preliminary demand to be pushed dwelling. “You know, ‘We need a hospital, we need medical care.’ Cause I can’t take care of that kind of pain.”
While Colbert cheekily downplayed the analysis in November and appeared to imagine he’d solely miss one week of labor, he was finally in restoration for practically three weeks.
The host returned to the air Dec. 11 and endearingly praised his spouse for the world to see.
