HGTV Host Ty Pennington Wants to Live ‘to the Fullest’ After Near-Death Experience
By Movieguide® Contributor
HGTV host Ty Pennington recently opened up about how his near-death experience gave him a new appreciation for life.
“I’m great,” he told Entertainment Tonight. “You know what’s great is if you almost die, you get so much attention. It feels so nice to be that loved.”
“I’m planning another one…No, I’m kidding!” he said jokingly.
Last July, Pennington went to the hospital for a sore throat and ended up being intubated and rushed into emergency surgery.
“Tuesday morning, I woke up at 4am and could barely breathe 😰,” he shared in an Instagram post. “Turns out, that sore throat I’ve had for the last month was actually an abscess which had grown so large it was closing off my airway. Next thing I know, I was intubated and flown to the ICU in Denver. Wednesday I had surgery and yesterday afternoon I was released from the ICU.”
When speaking to ET, he shared how his experience gave him a new perspective on life.
“It made me realize you just don’t know when your timecard’s gonna get pulled, so wake up, live every single day to the fullest,” he said. “I mean that’s why the 60s is gonna be like time to start doing everything and that’s what I love about being part of these projects because I think we all want to make sure we’ve done things to be remembered.”
Now that Pennington has recovered, he’s returning to doing what he loves and hosting HGTV’s ROCK THE BLOCK.
Movieguide® previously reported on Pennington’s excitement for the new season, which premiered March 4.
“I’d say it’s the biggest one yet. The ideas are bigger. The reveals are bigger. I think the competition knew who they were competing against, so they had to bring some extra oomph and it showed,” he said.
Movieguide® previously reported on ROCK THE BLOCK:
The stars of HGTV’s ROCK THE BLOCK are sharing their thoughts on the show’s “biggest [season] yet.”
“It’s probably the most dramatic season yet,” host Ty Pennington said of Season 5, which sees four teams of previous competitors returning to ROCK THE BLOCK to makeover houses in Treasure Island, Florida. “It’s also some of the best in the business coming back to redeem themselves from what we all hate, failing and losing…”
HGTV’s website promised that “the pressure will be at an all-time high” this season, “as HGTV powerhouse duos return to the Block seeking a renovation showdown to settle old scores and achieve victory — winning bragging rights and a street named in their honor.”
The show’s stars agreed that the pressure was on for this season of ROCK THE BLOCK.
FIX MY FLIP’s Page Turner called the show “tough,” adding, “The fact we’ve been on HGTV this long shows what champions we are, but ROCK THE BLOCK is another level of stress and opportunity. It’s this balancing act where it’s the hardest thing I’ve done in my entire life, but also one of the most rewarding, especially careerwise.”
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