Strictly star Robert Webb describes moment doctors told him his heart was going to fail
ok.co.ukRobert Webb has described his heart surgery as a “gift” as it forced him to think about his health and put himself first. The actor and comedian, 50, is best known for appearing alongside David Mitchell in Channel 4 comedy Peep Show, where he plays unemployed musician Jez, and in sketch show That Mitchell And Webb Look.
In 2019, he had a routine medical check during filming for the second series of his Channel 4 sitcom Back, alongside Mitchell, which revealed he had a congenital heart defect.
He told BBC Radio 4’s Desert Island Discs: “There were symptoms but I was too much of an idiot to notice. At the time I was drinking and smoking quite heavily.
I was 47 and I thought this is just what it feels like to be 47 when you still treat your body like a skip. “So I’d get out of breath walking up hills, but I thought, that’s just what happens.Then I went for this medical and the doctor put his stethoscope on my heart and pulled this alarming face. “He said ‘What are you doing about the heart murmur?’ and I said ‘What heart murmur?’.
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