Arnold Schwarzenegger looked healthy and happy during an outing in Beverly Hills on Thursday, after announcing that he had a pacemaker inserted last month.
The Terminator icon, 76, flashed his megawatt smile as he left the celebrity restaurant, Via Alloro.
Dressed in a soft brown leather jacket and matching pants, the star radiated charm with his distinctive white beard.
After exchanging greetings with friends outside the venue, he headed to the valet station to pick up his car.
The fun-filled dinner comes after Arnold revealed he underwent the pacemaker procedure after having three open heart surgeries, explaining that he had an irregular heartbeat for a few years.
Arnold Schwarzenegger looked healthy and happy during an outing in Beverly Hills on Thursday, after announcing that he had a pacemaker inserted last month.
The Terminator icon, 76, flashed his megawatt smile as he left the celebrity restaurant, Via Alloro.
He admitted that despite his famous athleticism, the condition had “worn him down” and that he had “struggled” at the Arnold Sports Festival earlier this month.
Arnold explained that the long days spent at the festival, going to all the sports and meeting the fans made him realize it was time for the pacemaker to be inserted.
He first underwent elective heart surgery in 1997 to replace a defective congenital aortic heart valve.
He also had his aortic valve replaced in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2020, along with his new pulmonary valve that he had inserted in April 2018 in Los Angeles.
speaking in your podcast Arnold’s Pump ClubArnold said: “Last Monday I had surgery to make me a bit more of a machine – I had a pacemaker.”
He explained: ‘I was also told it was time to move forward with this because some scarring from my previous surgery had made my heartbeat irregular.
‘It’s been like this for a few years, so I stayed in touch with my medical team and visited them in person at least once a year to have a full check-up and see how my heart was doing.
‘My doctors told me it was more important than ever to stay on top of the situation, and I was always on the lookout and sharing information about my heart rate from home.
The fun-filled dinner comes after Arnold revealed he underwent the pacemaker procedure after having three open heart surgeries, explaining that he had an irregular heartbeat for a few years.
He admitted that despite his famous athleticism, the condition had “worn him down” and that he had “struggled” at the Arnold Sports Festival earlier this month.
Arnold assured his fans that he is recovering well and joked that he now has a “machine part,” just like his Terminator character (pictured with Jane Fonda after surgery).
‘We knew his heartbeat was irregular and my fantastic team were watching him like a hawk. They told me they would let me know when it was time to get a pacemaker.
‘I went for my normal check-up at the beginning of March on the way to the Arnold Sports Festival, and had a full series of tests. When I got home to Los Angeles, as if it were fate, I was talking to one of my best friends.
“They told me that they had a pacemaker implanted, that the recovery was quick and that their energy levels were back to what they were used to.”
The former professional bodybuilder then admitted, “That’s one thing you learn about irregular heartbeats: All that extra work your heart does wears you down.”
“Man, if I can be honest with you, I struggled with those 16-hour days at the Arnold Sports Festival in the US in early March and in the UK last week, visiting as many sports as possible and walking between those crowds of hundreds of people. of thousands of fitness fanatics.
He continued: “The same day I spoke to my friend, one of my doctors called me to tell me that after looking at all my results and data and knowing that I had six weeks until it was time to film season 2 of FUBAR, it was time The doctors told me they want many more seasons of FUBAR, and this was the best way!
‘I told them I would pass through Cleveland on my way home from the UK and we would do it. On Monday I dove in and installed the new part on my machine.
‘This is life with a genetic heart problem. But you won’t hear me complain.
Arnold assured his fans that he is recovering well and joked that he now has a “machine part,” just like his Terminator character.
He added: ‘I want to thank my entire team at the Cleveland Clinic. All the doctors and nurses looked after me wonderfully and made the surgery as painless as possible.’
And while he lamented that he wouldn’t be able to hit the gym hard for a while, he insisted he was doing “really well.”
Arnold admitted that it was against his nature to be honest about his medical problems, since in Austria he had been taught to keep such matters private.
But he said knowing that speaking out helped other people with similar conditions had convinced him to open up.
He said: ‘I have to tell you that just saying this to all of you goes against a lot of my upbringing in Austria, where no one, ever, talked about medical issues. You kept everything related to healthcare to yourself.
‘But I have received many messages and emails from people who were born with a bicuspid aortic valve, like me, telling me that talking about my valve replacement surgeries has given them courage and hope to face theirs.
‘So, since I know that going against my secretive instinct and being transparent helps people, what choice do I have?’
And while he lamented that he wouldn’t be able to hit the gym hard for a while, he insisted he was doing “really well.”
He added: “I could have kept it a secret.” But I know we now have over 750,000 subscribers (775,000 to be exact – the town is now a city!), and many of you are probably dealing with your own health issues.
‘I want you to know that you are not alone. And if you’re putting something off because you’re afraid, I hope to inspire you to listen to your doctors and take care of yourself.
‘This town is a place for us to be open and honest because it’s impossible to be truly positive when you keep everything bottled up.
‘That’s what Arnold’s Pump Club is all about. There are weights that none of us can lift alone. But together we can lift anything: we can lift the world. You are never alone here.’