Dog The Bounty Hunter is opening up about a health crisis that sent him to the hospital last weekend. Dog, whose real name is Duane Chapman, experienced chest pain in his Colorado home. The 66-year-old was hospitalized as they ran tests to see if he had a heart attack.
“It feels much better now,” Dog admitted to Colorado station FOX31 and Channel 2 on Wednesday, September 18. “And I’m going through some psychological things right now too, so that doesn’t help,” he confessed.
As Star readers know, Dog’s wife Beth Chapman passed away in June after a harrowing cancer battle.
“I think, basically, I had a broken heart,” he explained of his heart incident. “And of course, it’s going to heal.”
Dog told the station that, before heading to the hospital, he felt like he couldn’t breathe. “It was like I had ran a 3- or 4-mile run,” he revealed. At the time of the interview, he didn’t have a diagnosis, though he’d been released from the hospital. He was set to have more tests on Thursday and Friday.
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“There’s something haywire or it’s psychological. I don’t know. I guess things happen like that. I’ve never … I don’t do drugs,” he said in the interview.
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Star reported on Monday that
Dog was in the hospital. “I can confirm Dog is under doctor’s care and is resting comfortably. Thank you for all of your well wishes — keep ’em coming,” a rep for the star said at the time.
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Dog and his family have been struggling
since Beth’s death. She lost her battle with cancer at age 51.
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He revealed that in the weeks after her death,
he quickly lost 17 pounds. He had lost his appetite and was having a hard time remembering to eat.
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He told People that their kids were “barely making it” without their mom. He and Beth had four kids together: Bonnie Chapman, 20, Garry Chapman, 18, Dominic Davis, 34, and Cecily Chapman, 26 (who Beth had with her ex-husband).
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Duane and Beth married in 2006 after 16 years together.
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WGN America’s current series Dog’s Most Wanted chronicles Beth’s cancer journey.
“There’s something haywire or it’s psychological. I don’t know. I guess things happen like that. I’ve never … I don’t do drugs,” he said in the interview.
Star reported on Monday that
Dog was in the hospital. “I can confirm Dog is under doctor’s care and is resting comfortably. Thank you for all of your well wishes — keep ’em coming,” a rep for the star said at the time.
Dog and his family have been struggling
since Beth’s death. She lost her battle with cancer at age 51.
He revealed that in the weeks after her death,
he quickly lost 17 pounds. He had lost his appetite and was having a hard time remembering to eat.
He told People that their kids were “barely making it” without their mom. He and Beth had four kids together: Bonnie Chapman, 20, Garry Chapman, 18, Dominic Davis, 34, and Cecily Chapman, 26 (who Beth had with her ex-husband).
Duane and Beth married in 2006 after 16 years together.
WGN America’s current series Dog’s Most Wanted chronicles Beth’s cancer journey.
