{"id":661612,"date":"2026-10-22T02:24:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T02:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/661612\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T02:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T02:24:13","slug":"louis-walsh-gives-stark-health-update-after-shock-heart-attack-on-tv-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/661612\/","title":{"rendered":"Louis Walsh gives stark health update after shock heart attack on TV show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Louis Walsh has given a stark update on his health after he suffered a \u2018mild heart attack\u2019 while on TV.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Louis, who\u2019s previously managed bands such as Boyzone and Westlife, has been a staple of our screens both as a judge and as a contestant, most notably The X Factor, where he served as a judge for two stints between 2004 and 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/tag\/louis-walsh\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Louis<\/a> appeared as a contestant on Celebrity Big Brother back in 2024, where he reached the final and finished in fourth place. However, he recently revealed that he had suffered from terrible anxiety while in the house, and has ruled himself out of any potential reality television in the future \u2014 including a potential stint in the jungle for I\u2019m A Celeb.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Louis-Walsh.jpg\" alt=\"Louis Walsh\" class=\"wp-image-1685447\"  \/>Louis Walsh has given a stark update on his health after he suffered a \u2018mild heart attack\u2019 while on TV. Pic: Dave J Hogan\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018I\u00a0wouldn\u2019t do the jungle. My health isn\u2019t good enough,\u2019 Louis told Heat magazine. He would go on to reflect on his time in the CBB house, admitting that while he initially thought it was going to be a fun time, it ended up being anything but.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018No. I thought it was going to be fun, but it wasn\u2019t,\u2019 Louis admitted. \u2018I had anxiety problems and I had to get the medics. My doctor thinks I had a minor heart attack in there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018I did it for the money, but I shouldn\u2019t have.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Louish.jpg\" alt=\"Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne on Celebrity Big Brother. Pic: REX\/Shutterstock for Big Brother\" class=\"wp-image-1464307\"  \/>Louis reached the final of Celebrity Big Brother in 2024, but admitted that he shouldn\u2019t have done the show. Pic: REX\/Shutterstock for Big Brother<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Louis won\u2019t be consuming kangaroo testicles any time soon, he was also asked that, amid rumours that The X Factor could be rebooted, if he would return as a judge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while Louis\u2019 health would probably be alright, he shot down rumours that he would return to the judging table for a different reason, adding: \u2018I won\u2019t be doing it as I am probably too old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018The money is good, they pay well. I don\u2019t think Simon will ask me,\u2019 Louis admitted.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Louis-Walsh-2.jpg\" alt=\"Louis Walsh\" class=\"wp-image-1591174\"  \/>Louis admitted that he probably won\u2019t be doing any more reality shows, including a potential return to a hypothetical X Factor reboot. Pic: Sky<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Louis went into further detail surrounding his time on Celebrity Big Brother alongside his bestie Sharon Osbourne, but admitted that both he and Sharon are \u2018television hookers\u2019 and neither of them should\u2019ve been there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018They let me out a few times to have a cup of tea,\u2019 Louis told The 2 Johnnies Podcast. \u2018I did it for the money but I shouldn\u2019t have. Sharon was not in a good place either. We were television hookers.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Louis Walsh has given a stark update on his health after he suffered a \u2018mild heart attack\u2019 while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":661613,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[93,61,60],"class_list":["post-661612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/661613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}