Joshua Bassett talks grappling with health issues and mental anguish

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Joshua Bassett got candid about the health challenges and mental anguish he endured after facing scrutiny following the release of rumored ex Olivia Rodrigo's song Drivers License.The 21-year-old singer-and-actor found his personal life in the headlines when his High School Musical: The Musical: The Series co-star released her viral hit, which many believe is about their rumored split, last January.Although they have never confirmed they dated, the performer revealed to People that the situation as a whole took its toll on his health and he found himself in the hospital grappling heart failure after he received criticism - and even death threats online - as a result of the song's release.

Tough times:Joshua Bassett suffered heart failure amid the scrutiny he faced when Olivia Rodrigo released Drivers License; he is seen earlier this monthBassett recently told the site: 'I felt my heart literally failing.

I was like, "This isn't just anxiety. This is bad."'The actor said he 'felt worse and worse' in the week before his hospitalization.

He added: 'I was sleeping 16 to 20 hours a day. I couldn't even stand up for longer than 30 seconds.'A producer on his TV show eventually took him to hospital, where he was diagnosed with septic shock and told waiting any longer for the illness, which could have been brought on by stress, may have proven fatal.