The Wanted's Max George 'wrote will from hospital'

The Wanted vocalist Max George has revealed helium wrote his volition from a infirmary furniture earlier having country for a bosom condition.

"I thought I was going to die," the 36-year-old told The Sun.

He said helium was truthful convinced helium wouldn't marque it that helium took retired his telephone and started spelling retired what to bash with his assets.

George, from Manchester, had the cognition earlier Christmas during which helium was fitted with a pacemaker to support his bosom beating regularly.

In the interview, George shared his fears aft doctors archetypal discovered the issues with his heart.

"If I could spell from being perfectly connected apical of the satellite to being told 'the bottommost portion of your bosom isn't working', I kept reasoning successful my head, 'Well, what if the apical fractional stops moving overnight?"'

He said helium was worrying astir his household and his girlfriend, histrion Maisie Smith, 23, successful lawsuit helium did not propulsion through.

"When you get told that, you truly realise what your responsibilities are. I've got a partner, Maisie, I've got a family. I've got 2 small nephews and each of that worldly truly comes to the beforehand of it all."

He pinpointed 13 December arsenic the "worst" day, arsenic his humor unit and bosom complaint some dropped.

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"It was rather adjacent that night, it truly felt similar my cervix was closing up and that's erstwhile the benignant of panic truly kicked in. I felt similar I was dying," helium said.

But his country day was past confirmed for 18 December, leaving him "absolutely buzzing".

The cognition took astir 3 hours, and helium was greeted by his woman erstwhile helium woke up.

"The archetypal look I saw was Maisie's and I retrieve that being truly bully - similar that was the archetypal clip I really felt similar a existent idiosyncratic again, and I had a heart," helium said.

George, who has been keeping his fans posted connected societal media throughout, called his caller pacemaker his "little friend" successful an Instagram station successful December.

He added that it was "the champion Christmas contiguous I could've ever wished for".

He said the pacemaker's presumption underneath his tattoo tribute to Tom Parker made him "sure it's being looked after".

George roseate to fame successful the aboriginal 2010s, with bandmates Siva Kaneswaran, Nathan Sykes, Jay McGuiness and Parker.

The Wanted announced a interruption successful 2014 - and successful 2022, George and Kaneswaran relaunched arsenic a duo.

George besides appeared successful Strictly Come Dancing successful 2020 wherever helium archetypal met his now-partner, Smith.

His bandmate Parker died from encephalon cancer, aged 33, successful March 2022.