“My life is damn great”

Bob Odenkirk has regained clarity after a heart attack in July.

The 59-year-old Emmy Award winner reflected on his “very slow enlightenment” after the “heart incident” that occurred on the set of Better call Saul‘s last season, when he faced the Today Hoda Kotb from the show.

“The revelation was just that my life is fucking great and I should appreciate it and the people around me,” Odenkirk mused. “I think people have revelations when they have a near-death experience and a lot of times it’s, ‘I need to change something.’ And I think my revelation is that I need to appreciate what I have because it’s really great and I have really great people around me.”

He was hospitalized last July after suffering an accident on the set of his acclaimed breaking Bad spin-off while filming the upcoming sixth and final season. Shortly afterward, his spokesperson told PEOPLE that Odenkirk was in stable condition.

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Odenkirk had previously detailed the incident, which occurred between scenes while sitting with his co-stars Rhea Seehorn and Patrick Fabian. “I was going to watch the Cubs game and ride my exercise bike, and then I just fell over. Rhea said I immediately turned bluish-gray,” he said. The New York Times Last month.

Set health and safety officer Rosa Estrada and assistant director Angie Meyer began CPR and administered an automated defibrillator to Odenkirk three times to restore his heart rhythm. No one The actor later received heart stents in two places.

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Odenkirk learned in 2018 that plaque had built up in his heart, but said he received conflicting medical advice about treatment. The cardiac event last July occurred when “one of those pieces of plaque broke off.”

The sixth and final season of Better call Saul Premieres April 18 on AMC.