For the 76-year-old star, it is a way to protect herself from her heart risks.
The Austrian-American actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, known in particular for his role in “Terminator”, revealed this Monday that he had had a pacemaker installed, as reported by our colleagues at CNN.
Revealing this information "goes against a lot of my upbringing in Austria, where no one ever talked about health issues," the former bodybuilder said, smiling at the fact that he has become "a little bit more a machine ".
Arnold Schwarzenegger, 76, was born with a heart defect.
It is for this reason that he underwent a second heart operation in 2020 – the first dates back to 1977 – in order to replace his aortic valve.
At the time, although doctors doubted the urgency of the situation, the star insisted on doing it “while he was still young”.
The actor is 'doing well'
Last September, the former governor of California revealed that he had come close to death after a failed heart operation in 2019. “[The doctors told me] that they had not planned this at all.
They let me know that they had made a mistake in piercing the heart wall.
They quickly had to cut me open to save my life.
It was scary,” he said in a YouTube video.
Doctors advised Schwarzenegger to have a pacemaker fitted as a safety measure due to his previous operations.
A week later, the actor let his fans know that he was doing "very well."
Born in Austria on July 30, 1947, Arnold Schwarzenegger had a career in Hollywood before being elected governor of California in 2003 and winning a new term in 2006. He left office in January 2011 and has since distinguished himself by his defense of the fight against climate change.