Kevin Smith is Now a Vegetarian, Thanks Chris Pratt for Prayers

Chasing Amy director Kevin Smith is back home after suffering a major heart attack over the weekend. Smith is taking the health scare seriously, admitting on Instagram that he is now a vegetarian. The famously portly filmmaker had already made drastic changes to get his health in line, having lost a significant amount of weight in the last few months, but now he's going even further.

Via Us Weekly.

Home sweet home. Kevin Smith was released from the hospital three days after suffering a massive heart attack at a comedy club in Glendale, California.

Home again, home again, jiggety-jig! Home is where the heart is and the heart is feeling good! It’s actually getting more blood flow and oxygen than it has in a long time. So I am ALERT, to say the least! I just wanted to thank you all for the kind words you took the time to write to me about what my work has meant to you. In the last two days, I’ve read some breathtaking sentiments that have profoundly touched me. It honestly means the world under normal circumstances, but after Sunday night? Everything means so much more, obviously. Seriously- THANK you, everybody (special thanks to @prattprattpratt for the prayers) - from Vegetarian Kev, Day 2! #KevinSmith #WidowMakerBreaker

A post shared by Kevin Smith (@thatkevinsmith) on Feb 28, 2018 at 2:00pm PST

“Home again, home again, jiggety-jig! Home is where the heart is and the heart is feeling good!” the filmmaker, 47, captioned an Instagram selfie on Wednesday, February 28. “It’s actually getting more blood flow and oxygen than it has in a long time. So I am ALERT, to say the least! I just wanted to thank you all for the kind words you took the time to write to me about what my work has meant to you.”

He continued, “In the last two days, I’ve read some breathtaking sentiments that have profoundly touched me. It honestly means the world under normal circumstances, but after Sunday night? Everything means so much more, obviously.”

I was trying to do a killer standup special this evening but I might’ve gone too far. After the first show, I felt kinda nauseous. I threw up a little but it didn’t seem to help. Then I started sweating buckets and my chest felt heavy. Turns out I had a massive heart attack. The Doctor who saved my life at the #glendale hospital told me I had 100% blockage of my LAD artery (also known as “the Widow-Maker” because when it goes, you’re a goner). If I hadn’t canceled the second show to go to the hospital, the Doc said I would’ve died tonight. For now, I’m still above ground! But this is what I learned about myself during this crisis: death was always the thing I was most terrified of in life. When the time came, I never imagined I’d ever be able to die with dignity - I assumed I’d die screaming, like my Dad (who lost his life to a massive heart attack). But even as they cut into my groin to slip a stent into the lethal Widow-Maker, I was filled with a sense of calm. I’ve had a great life: loved by parents who raised me to become the individual I am. I’ve had a weird, wonderful career in all sorts of media, amazing friends, the best wife in the world and an incredible daughter who made me a Dad. But as I stared into the infinite, I realized I was relatively content. Yes, I’d miss life as it moved on without me - and I was bummed we weren’t gonna get to make #jayandsilentbobreboot before I shuffled loose the mortal coil. But generally speaking, I was okay with the end, if this was gonna be it. I’ve gotten to do so many cool things and I’ve had so many adventures - how could I be shitty about finally paying the tab. But the good folks at the Glendale hospital had other plans and the expertise to mend me. Total strangers saved my life tonight (as well as my friends @jordanmonsanto & @iamemilydawn, who called the ambulance). This is all a part of my mythology now and I’m sure I’ll be facing some lifestyle changes (maybe it’s time to go Vegan). But the point of this post is to tell you that I faced my greatest fear tonight... and it wasn’t as bad as I’ve always imagined it’d be. I don’t want my life to end but if it ends, I can’t complain. It was such a gift. #KevinSmith

A post shared by Kevin Smith (@thatkevinsmith) on Feb 26, 2018 at 1:41am PST

Smith also revealed that he made some changes to his diet in the wake of the health scare, writing, “Seriously- THANK you, everybody … from Vegetarian Kev, Day 2! #KevinSmith #WidowMakerBreaker.”

As previously reported, the Clerks director was rushed to the emergency room at Glendale Adventist Medical Center late Sunday, February 25, after having difficulty breathing between back-to-back stand-up shows. He explained in a Facebook Live video on Tuesday, February 27, that his left anterior descending (LAD) artery had been “100 percent blocked,” which led to an operation to have a stent put in.

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