Following Max Zhang’s viral story about how he had a near-death experience with a heart attack back in April, Ada Choi recently shared her side of the story during the press conference of her new drama, “Behind the Queen”.
The actress, who was asked about Max’s story, where he revealed he experienced a heart attack while she was waiting to ride the duck boat, shared that the actor actually felt unwell twice in March prior to their trip, but his ECG showed nothing worrying.
“Then in April, while we were in Singapore having fun, he suddenly couldn’t breathe, couldn’t move, and couldn’t speak. He had to sit down to the side. I was so bad, I actually left him to go ride the duck boat, thinking he just had a cold. But later, seeing how pale he was, I knew something was seriously wrong. After a while, he said he was okay,” she said.
Ada said that it was the next morning that Max finally told her what happened while tearing up.
“He told me that at that moment, looking at the four of us, he thought that if he lay down, he might never get back up again and he had to force himself to stand up. He cried as he told me this. I had never seen him like that before,” she said.
The actress said that upon returning to Hong Kong, Max had to undergo angioplasty after further tests showed that one of his arteries was more than 80 percent blocked.
“When I found out about it, I felt so guilty. I got down on my knees and cried, wondering how I could have failed so badly as a wife. I just hugged him and thanked God he was okay. If something had happened to him, I would’ve gone crazy,” she said.
Ada also assured that the actor is doing much better now, and that he has already returned to mainland China to film “Call Me By Fire”.
“He’s fine after the surgery. He’s very busy filming now, so we don’t get to talk daily, but the production team is looking after him. So, I feel more reassured,” she said.
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