Taylor Swift‘s triumphant appearance on her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s podcast New Heights took a somber turn as she shared a health update on her father Scott.
The 35-year-old pop superstar told Travis and his brother Jason Kelce that her father had an ‘interesting summer’ after undergoing an ‘intense’ quintuple bypass surgery.
It was a shock that her father needed the major procedure, as she said he had had a ‘perfect EKG’ and ‘healthy physicals’ each year leading up to the surgery in July.
The podcast aired live on Wednesday, shortly before Taylor delighted her fans by unveiling the artwork for her new album The Life Of A Showgirl, which she announced after midnight on Tuesday in an advance clip from the podcast.
Scott’s health was revealed to be far more dire than he or his family realized when he had a resting stress test this year, which revealed ‘five hard blockages in his heart.’
Taylor said that now her father tells all his friends to get the same resting stress test, ‘because that’s what’s actually preventative.’
Taylor Swift’s triumphant appearance on her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s podcast took a somber turn as she shared a health update on her father Scott after he underwent ‘intense’ heart surgery; seen together in 2011 in Nashville, Tennessee
She told Travis’ New Heights co-host Jason Kelce that it was a shock that her father needed the major procedure, as he had had a ‘perfect EKG’ and ‘healthy physicals’ each year leading up to the surgery in July
Taylor added that people who learn that they’re suffering from blockages earlier may be able to have less invasive stents put in.
By contrast, bypass surgery usually takes the form of open-heart surgery, an extremely invasive procedure in which the breast bone can be cut in order to spread the ribs apart to access the heart, according to the Mayo Clinic.
The surgery is used to repair damage from coronary artery disease, in which the arteries in the heart become partially or completely blocked by plaques, which deprives the heart of oxygen and can lead to heart attacks.
Medications are used to stop the heart temporarily while a machine helps blood and oxygen flow to the rest of the body during the operation.
Healthy, unblocked blood vessels, usually taken from inside the chest or the lower leg, are then grafted to allow blood to bypass the blocked portions of arteries. Recovery from the procedure can take anywhere from 6 to 12 weeks.
The Reputation singer said doctors impressed the seriousness of the procedure on her father, telling him, ‘we’ve got to do this, like, tomorrow.’
According to Taylor, her dad’s doctors were surprised that he was even able to walk in without showing any obvious distress considering the degree to which the arteries in his heart were blocked.
As he prepared for the surgery on short notice, Scott told Taylor and her brother Austin that they didn’t need to rush to be with him because they were busy with their own lives, even though she planned to drop everything to support him.
‘He was being the brave dad, the strong dad, you know,’ Travis added.
Scott’s health was revealed to be far more dire than he or his family realized when he had a resting stress test this year, which revealed ‘five hard blockages in his heart’; pictured in 2015 in Arlington, Texas
Taylor said her dad’s doctors were amazed that he was even still walking with such severe blockages, and they said he needed surgery ‘like, tomorrow’; pictured in October in Kansas City, Missouri
Despite the seriousness of the surgery, Scott told Taylor and her brother Austin not to worry about rushing to be with him because they were busy with their own lives. ‘He was being the brave dad, the strong dad, you know,’ Travis added
