Kevin Smith’s shocking weight loss post-massive heart attack! He also takes a vacation to Disneyland!

Updated On March 18, 2024 | Published By: shahid | In Health

The fans of the director and actor Kevin Smith were in for a surprise recently. Kevin had uploaded on his social media a side-to-side picture of him before and after the massive near-fatal heart attack that he had experienced in February 2018. Kevin is said by many to be unrecognizable in the ‘after picture’ of him.

Kevin has lost 20 pounds in 13 days. This weight loss helped him to control his blood pressure. He expressed his aim to stick to the diet plan until he achieves the desired goal of body weight. Kevin wrote:

“My Doc said lose 50 pounds. 20 down, 30 more to go!”

He has decided to do some self-control and not indulge in fatty food and sweet food item consumption.

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Same dude, different day. Pic on the left, is from nearly 10 years ago, at Zack & Miri premiere. Pic on the right is minutes ago. I was in Manhattan yesterday – a city that’s legendary for it’s amazing variety of food and eating options, where you could dine out here every night your entire life and never have to eat at the same restaurant twice. It’s a land of food glorious food… but I’m on a diet. So even though they served what looked like an amazing buttercream cake at the @amc_tv event I went to last night, I didn’t indulge. And next time I gotta stare down a meal the old me would’ve inhaled, I’ll look at these two images of me out on control and me under control. It’ll help keep the cake on the plate instead of in my maw. #KevinSmith #FitterButBitter #diet
A post shared by Kevin Smith (@thatkevinsmith) on Apr 18, 2018 at 11:15am PDT

He wrote beside the two pictures:

“Next time I gotta stare down a meal the old me would’ve inhaled, I’ll look at these two images of me out on control and me under control. It’ll help keep the cake on the plate instead of in my maw,”

He collected over 100000 likes for this picture.

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The February 2018 heart attack

Kevin Smith had completed one of the scheduled two shows of Kevin Smith Live at the Alex Theater in Glendale when he threw up. He had a lot of sweating and his chest felt heavy. His friends immediately called an ambulance and Kevin was rushed to the hospital.

The doctors found that Kevin had suffered a massive heart attack and that the left anterior descending artery of his heart was blocked. He was taken up for emergency angioplasty and a stent was inserted into this block to bypass it.

Kevin wrote:

“The doctor who saved my life told me I had 100% blockage of my LAD artery (“the Widow-Maker”). If I hadn’t canceled the second show to go to the hospital, the Doc said I would’ve died tonight. But for now, I’m still above ground!”

He also mentioned that he will do some lifestyle changes including going vegan.

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His first vacation post-heart attack

Kevin Smith, 49 in March 2018 had uploaded a picture of him with his wife Jennifer Schwalbach and their daughter Harley Quinn smiling at the camera and posed in front of Sleeping Beauty’s castle at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

Kevin wrote that he and his family had not taken a vacation for years and that this trip was a special one to commemorate his life after he survived a massive “widowmaker” attack in February. He had captioned the picture thus:

“You just survived a heart attack! What do you wanna do next? “I’m going to @disneyland!” Yesterday we took a family trip together for the first time in years to the happiest place on Earth, to celebrate my still being alive (and to do research)!”

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You just survived a heart attack! What do you wanna do next? “I’m going to @disneyland!” Yesterday we took a family trip together for the first time in years to the happiest place on Earth, to celebrate my still being alive (and to do research)! We spent 7 hours going on every ride in the park except Splash Mountain and Dumbo (both closed for repairs), the Tea Cups, and the Indiana Jones adventure. When we first moved to California in 2002, Jen and I would bring a young @harleyquinnsmith to @disney at least once a month. So yesterday’s trip to the #magickingdom was not only good for the heart, it was good for the soul! #KevinSmith #disney #harleyquinnsmith #disneyland #jenniferschwalbach #magickingdom
A post shared by Kevin Smith (@thatkevinsmith) on Mar 27, 2018 at 9:52am PDT

It was a much-needed outing for Kevin and his family in order to treat his heart and soul. Kevin further wrote, remembering the olden days:

“We spent 7 hours going on every ride in the park except Splash Mountain and Dumbo (both closed for repairs), the Tea Cups, and the Indiana Jones adventure,When we first moved to California in 2002, Jen and I would bring a young @harleyquinnsmith to @disney at least once a month. So yesterday’s trip to the #magickingdom was not only good for the heart, it was good for the soul! #KevinSmith #disney #harleyquinnsmith#disneyland #jennierschwalbach #magickingdom.”

His daughter’s selfie

Daughter Harley was not to be left behind. She also posted on her social media a selfie of her and her parents stating:

“trying to force my family to love Disney as much as I do-an ongoing saga.”

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trying to force my family to love Disney as much as I do ~ an ongoing saga
A post shared by Harley Quinn Smith ??‍♀️ (@harleyquinnsmith) on Mar 27, 2018 at 10:59am PDT

Short Bio on Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith is an American actor, filmmaker, comedian, public speaker, author, and podcaster who has been part of numerous successful movies including ‘Jersey Girl’, ‘Dogma’, ‘And clerks’ among others. His career as a comic book writer has also been successful having authored, “Spider-Man / Black Cat: The Evil that Men Do”, and “Chasing Dogma”, he has also set his mark as a successful author. More Bio…

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