Bob Odenkirk recalls having his heart attack on the Better Call Saul set medic's first day: 'He said, Oh no'

It's been nearly three years since Bob Odenkirk had his heart attack on the set of Better Call Saul and in a recent interview with the Multiple Talking Women podcast, the actor revealed an interesting, if slightly disturbing, tidbit about that fateful day.

Odenkirk recalls how his heart "pretty much stopped," slowing down to a pace so slow that he "turned gray and stopped breathing." When the medic came around the corner and saw Odenkirk, he "froze" in his tracks.

"It was his first day," Odenkirk says in an interview (above) on the Multiple Talking Women podcast as part of the 50th-anniversary celebration of the Groundlings. "And he said, 'Oh no.'"

Luckily (?), the actor was passed out and didn't hear the two words no one wants to hear from a medical professional. Later, the medic apologized for freezing up before taking the appropriate action.

"Weeks later when I came back, he said, 'I’m so sorry. It was my first day, I have been a firefighter' — he was retired — 'I’ve never done CPR. l have only ever seen other people do it,'” Odenkirk said.

The Nobody star collapsed on the set of Better Call Saul in New Mexico on July 28, 2021, and was rushed to the hospital. Days later, he described the incident as a "small heart attack." He returned to work on the final season in early September 2021, with the series finale airing the following year.

Watch the clip above.

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