MasterChef Australia star Mandy Hall reveals shock health scare that left her hospitalised
MasterChef Australia star Mandy Hall has opened up about a recent health scare that left her hospitalised.
The reality TV veteran, who appeared as a contestant on the show in 2019, recently shared a photo to social media of her lying in a hospital bed and captioned it with some alarming words.
'For the last few months, I've been dealing with some health stuff. Annoying, occasionally a bit scary. Every time I did cardio, it felt like a clamp was tightening around my chest. Spoiler, it did not get better,' Mandy began.
'By Good Friday, things escalated. I was struggling at the gym, struggling more at home. My trainer told me to stop and get checked out. I attempted to wait until after the long weekend (solid 0/10 plan).'
The mother-of-one added the condition got worse and she was forced to go to the hospital for treatment.
'Three days ago I ended up in emergency. Then early this morning, they popped a balloon stent into my heart to deal with a blockage that had been sitting there like an uninvited guest at the world's worst dinner party,' she said.
Mandy assured fans she was fine and warned them not to ignore problems with their body.
'I'm genuinely and seriously fine, and I'll be back at it by Monday. But here's the thing: listen to your body. That weird tightness, that discomfort you're brushing off? It's not always nothing,' she wrote.
'Take care of you. Don't be a hero. Go to the doctor.'
Many of Mandy's celebrity friends took to the comment section to offer words of support.
'Get well soon,' wrote fellow MasterChef veteran Kishwar Chowdhury and TV presenter Rebecca Morse chipped in: 'You poor love! Rest up.'
Mandy was a contestant on season 11 of MasterChef Australia in 2019.
The upcoming season of the long-running program sees 24 past contestants come back to win the MasterChef trophy and $250,000 in prize money.
Among the cast are MasterChef fan favourites, including season one's Andre Ursini, Sarah Todd from season 14 and Tim Bone from season 11.
And already fans of the cooking competition have emerged with a theory about who will be crowned the winner.
Viewers have gone online to speculate that the producers have spoiled the show after dropping a promo poster showing just six of the 24 contestants who will battle it out in the kitchen.
The featured contestants are lined up in the image and appear in various sizes, including Laura Sharrad who starred in seasons 6 and 12.
Also appearing in the promo are season 16's Savindri Perera and Darrsh Clarke as well as Tim Bone from season 11.
There's also Declan Cleary from season 15, while the image of fan favourite Steph De Sousa from season 11 looms largest in the poster.
Many fans felt Laura Sharrad was a shoe-in based on her appearance on the poster.
A fan Reddit started the discussion by asking, 'Do you think the winner is pictured?'
'Considering that Laura is the only pictured contestant from before season 11, do you think she wins, or do you think that the winner is not pictured?'
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