“Better Call Saul” and “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/breaking-bad">Breaking Bad</a>” actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/celebrities">Bob Odenkirk</a> acknowledged that he ignored the advice of a “cranky conservative” doctor and later had a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/heart-attack">heart attack</a>. 
The 60-year-old discussed what happened during a recent episode of the <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bob-erin-odenkirk/id1523507379?i=1000627705798">podcast</a> “Don’t Ask Tig.” 
&#8220;When I was 50, I went in, he was a heart doctor, Cedar-Sinai, and he had signs up all around his office at this point [saying] &#8216;We do not accept Obamacare,&#8217; and I hated this side of him that I only learned over time,&#8221; Odenkirk said.
The actor went on to say how the doctor, who he&#8217;d been seeing for 20 years, recommended taking statins to help lower his cholesterol. &#8220;And I said, &#8216;Well, I don&#8217;t know. I don&#8217;t have heart disease in my family.&#8217; He goes, &#8216;Just take &#8217;em,&#8221;&#8216; he went on. 
The “Nobody” star said he ended up getting a second opinion, and that doctor said he did not need medication. 
Odenkirk endured a near-fatal heart attack in 2021 while filming the award-winning series “Better Call Saul.” Per <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/07/25/1112731181/better-call-saul-breaking-bad-bob-odenkirk-peter-gould-heart-attack">NPR</a>, the actor&#8217;s heart stopped beating for 18 minutes.
The &#8220;Breaking Bad&#8221; alum said he should have listened to the first doctor despite disagreeing with his conservative political leanings. 
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&#8220;And I had a heart attack. And I think the first doctor was right,&#8221; Odenkirk said. &#8220;The cranky conservative jackass was right, because he was a good doctor. His political point of view doesn&#8217;t have anything to do with his ability to judge your health and your health choices and needs.&#8221;
The actor said he returned to work after five weeks of recovery and felt more energized than ever. 
&#8220;I came out of it with a strangely fresh energy towards my whole life, like I was born again,&#8221; he explained, per NPR. &#8220;Like, &#8216;Hey, everybody!.. Let&#8217;s go back to work and make stuff!'&#8221;
During a 2017 <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/02/15/bob-odenkirk-on-better-call-saul-s-future-and-unstable-president-trump">interview</a> with the Daily Beast, Odenkirk described himself as “obviously more of a liberal than I am a conservative” but also said, “you might be surprised at some of the positions I hold.”

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