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Camera IconBuckley with his wife Clair who also had a recent health scare. Credit: @buxtagram\/Instagram\/Instagram<\/p>\nInbetweeners star James Buckley has revealed he\u2019s having to cut back on the beers and takeaways after been diagnosed with a genetic disease which puts him at risk of a cardiovascular incident.<\/p>\n
In the latest episode of his podcast \u2018The Buckleys\u2018, which he co-hosts with his wife Clair, the actor explained he\u2019d had some check-ups after Clair had gone through a period of being unwell.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t want to steal your thunder Clair but I\u2019ve also had health problems,\u201d he teased once Clair was finished explaining how she\u2019d been taken to hospital after suffering from severe dehydration.<\/p>\n
\u201cGot a genetic disease mate!\u201d he exclaimed.<\/p>\n
The 38-year-old went on to explain that blood tests showed he posed a risk of a cardiovascular incident due to having a genetically inherited type of blood cholesterol called Lipoprotein(a), which affects one in five people across the world.<\/p>\n
Camera IconBuckley with his wife Clair who also had a recent health scare. Credit: @buxtagram\/Instagram\/Instagram<\/p>\n
There are typically no physical symptoms until a cardiovascular event occurs, with the condition leading to faster plaque build-up in arteries, increasing the risk of blood clotting.<\/p>\n
Speaking on his show the sitcom star said: \u201cI\u2019ve had health problems […] something to do with my Lipoprotein(a). There\u2019s nothing you can do about it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe doctor\u2019s just been like: \u2018You need to change\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
Taking on board the doctor\u2019s advice, Buckley revealed the diagnosis has made him rethink his lifestyle choices, meaning he is currently not drinking alcohol and cutting back on any unhealthy foods.<\/p>\n
He added he is \u201ca high risk now for a cardiovascular incident\u201d and said: \u201cMy heart, my arteries,\u201d before being interrupted by Clair who exclaimed: \u201cYou need to stop clogging them with KFC!\u201d<\/p>\n
Buckley continued: I\u2019m not a religious man, but sometimes I feel like there is a God that sort of goes \u2018that\u2019ll teach you\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Camera IconThe 38-year-old is well known for enjoying his beers and takeaways and often pokes fun at people that don’t drink on his podcast. Credit: @buxtagram\/Instagram<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like I\u2019ve been on this podcast s******* people off that don\u2019t drink […] And now I\u2019ve been told to rein it in.\u201d<\/p>\n
Despite his current \u2018alcohol ban\u2019, he admitted: \u201cI\u2019m going to have a beer soon […] I\u2019m just trying to do like a little bit of a reset. We were drinking beer every day during Covid […] so we\u2019ve had a bit of a wake-up now.\u201d<\/p>\n
While joking about their drinking, the couple momentarily got serious when it came to their children, with Buckley worried that his two sons would also inherit the genetic condition.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnother little worry is that because it\u2019s genetic my children might have it. They\u2019re fine at their age, its when they get to my age that\u2019s when it might become a problem,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
While James has been discussing his health, talks have reportedly been advancing to bring back iconic sitcom The Inbetweeners, in which he starred as Jay.<\/p>\n
Last month, it was reported that Netflix bosses are eager to sign Emily Atack, who plays Charlotte, for a reboot of the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Inbetweeners star James Buckley has revealed he\u2019s having to cut back on the beers and takeaways after been…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":851085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64,63,134],"class_list":["post-851084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=851084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/851084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/851085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=851084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=851084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=851084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}