The Chase star returns to Edinburgh Fringe after 'almost facing early death'
Paul Sinha, star of ITV's The Chase, has said he almost faced an early death while performing at the Edinburgh Fringe.
Paul, who will be returning to the festival with his show 2 Sinha Lifetime, explained how his outlook on life has changed and inspirations behind his new stand-up routine, reports Nottinghamshire Live.
He shared: "It is a pathos-free exploration of life, how mine nearly came to a premature end thanks to owning a diseased Bengali heart, and how that has provided me with new perspectives. And songs.
In the same recent interview with The Times, the 55-year-old said he has also given his funeral song "a lot of thought", and is fond of the idea of Ladies and Gentlemen We are Floating in Space, by Spiritualized, being played.
"I can't abide the thought that my friends wouldn't be weeping, and this track should just about do the trick," he revealed.
Paul's comments come ahead of his return to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the event where he sadly suffered two heart attacks in 2023. A former GP himself, he recognised how serious his "crushing, tightening chest pain" was and took himself to hospital.
Reflecting on his ordeal on Good Morning Britain last month, he admitted that he didn't call an ambulance at the time as he didn't want to cause a scene. Instead, he quietly left the crowd and took himself to hospital in a taxi.
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After suffering from the same ordeal again, doctors informed him that he had suffered "two small heart attacks". Paul said despite this, he decided to return to the event, though later expressed some regret about doing so.
"So, I carried on. But looking back on it, that's not the right thing to do," he added.
The Chaser also has Parkinson's disease, which he was diagnosed with in 2019. In a detailed account of his health journey shared via a blog post, he explained: "It was a devastating denouement to a medical odyssey that began in September 2017 with a sudden-onset, frozen right shoulder, and took in an unexpected diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes, a lifestyle transformation that enabled me to lose two stone, and a shoulder operation in January this year."
He added: "With the diagnosis now confirmed, and a treatment plan in place, I now feel far more prepared for the new challenges ahead."
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Discussing his condition on Loose Women back in April, he said "there were surprise symptoms" that came with his Parkinson's.
"Everyone thinks you shake. That's the one thing people know about Parkinson's," he shared.
"I presented one morning with a stiff painful right shoulder. I'd never had a stiff joint before."
Sharing how it has affected him, he added: "My thing is slowness. Things take time. I've got to sit down on a bed to put my trousers on. This is a new thing for me."
According to the NHS, the main symptoms of Parkinson's disease are: Involuntary shaking of particular parts of the body (tremor), slow movement, stiff and inflexible muscles. If you have any concerns about symptoms, it's advised to seek guidance from your GP.
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