Homes Under The Hammer star Martin Roberts was told he had “hours to live” before he was hospitalised for emergency heart surgery previously.
The former I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! star had to have surgery when doctors noticed there was an issue with his heart.
The 59-year-old had his life-saving operation last year after he started experiencing heart pain, which was due to the fluid-filled sack which protects the organ expanding.
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The painful change had been putting extra pressure on his heart, and he was forced to go to hospital or risk the worst.
He said: “I had less than a few hours to live.”
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The television regular went on while talking to The Sun: “I was rushed into hospital and had an emergency operation where they stabbed a tube into the sack around the heart and drew a litre and a half of fluid.
“Had I not been in the right place… Three weeks earlier I was on the road in a transit van and if it had happened then, I would be dead.”
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Now, given his second chance at life, Martin is eager to try new things, which has seen him sign up for new E4 show The Big Celebrity Detox.
He is set to star alongside Kerry Katona, kickboxer Michael “Venom” Page, and reality stars Megan Barton Hanson, Toby Aromolaran, David Potts, Chloe Veitch and Princess Olga Romanoff.
They will be taken through a range of out of the box activities, like snail facials, snake massages and open grave therapy, all led by spiritual guide Sah D’Simone.
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The eight-episode series kicks off on Monday, May 15, airing Monday to Thursday for two weeks.
Genna Gibson, Channel 4’s Commissioning Editor, said of the new series: “E4 has never seen a show like this before and it will test our celebrities like they’ve never been tested before but also take them on a journey they’ll hopefully remember for the rest of their lives.”
The first episode airs 9pm on May 15 on E4
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