During her current New York City show, Sandra Bernhard has revealed she recently underwent open-heart surgery.
On Tuesday (4.29,) during the opening night of her Café Carlyle residency in Manhattan the now 69-year old entertainer told the audience that she was recovering from an operation, stating “It was a planned surgery, it wasn’t that dramatic,” according to Billboard.
Though Bernhard didn’t share details of her health scare, she insisted it was minor in comparison to some of the conditions other patients were facing, adding “This s**t’s crazy, I’m gonna pull through and get the f**k out of here.”
Pretending to slump over and fake a heart attack elsewhere in the gig is her “new party trick,” joked the comedian/thespian.
Teasing her doctor over whether they should also call in a plastic surgeon during her hospital stay, Sandra added:
“I know we’re just minutes away from being wheeled into the operating room, but I’m an actress, I’m a performer.” “Do I need to bring in a plastic surgeon? They said, ‘We’ll make it work, we’ll make it beautiful.’ And here I am.”
Sandra’s Café Carlyle residency runs until 3 May, and most recently, the actress/comedienne has appeared onscreen as Nurse Cecily in the TV series Severance.
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