Hallmark’s Brennan Elliott Discloses His Own ‘Painful’ Health Battle Amid Wife’s Cancer Diagnosis
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Brennan Elliot is opening up about his own health battle in the midst of his wife’s cancer diagnosis. In an interview with the podcast Suspenders Unbuttoned Elliott shared that he had a very hard time during the filming of his latest Hallmark movie with Lacey Chabert, His & Hers. But what health issues was Brennan Elliot suffering from?
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Elliot, who said that he had to overlook doctor’s recommendations to get the movie done, shared on the podcast that he struggled with kidney stones for two weeks of his three-week filming schedule. “The doctor wanted me to take two weeks off and just rest cuz that’s the best medicine,” he explained. “I said, ‘I only got two more weeks of shooting and I work for Hallmark and this is important. So, we’re gonna bang this out.”
The actor then went on to tell the full story. “My first two weeks of that three-week shoot, I had kidney stones…” Elliot explained. “I got off the plane and I had wardrobe the next day and I remember waking up… I felt like I’d been shot in the back… I thought it would go away. It didn’t go away…”
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In an effort to continue shooting, Elliot says he even tried a homemade remedy his mother suggested. “My mom was a nurse so she says get a bottle of …tart cranberry juice with lemon, it’ll flush out the kidney a little bit,” Elliott recalled “And then it worked a little bit, but I was in too much pain.”
The actor went on to explain how his pain affected the shoot, telling a specific story about a scene with co-star Chabert where he was in so much pain his character was sitting very awkwardly. “I remember there’s a scene in the restaurant, the very first scene we shoot, where I cheer her (Lacey Chabert) and I tell her this is best seven years ever,” Elliott shared. “And I’m sitting like this (demonstrates an awkward sitting position) because of the pain… So they brought a doctor and he gave me this thing called Flomax which helps break it up. And then by the last week, I felt a little bit better. But I was a little worried, to be perfectly honest.”
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If anything, Elliot says kidney stones gave him a newfound respect for women. “It’s painful,” he said. “They call it men’s birthing, that’s what the doctor said… I’m like, ‘I would never have a child if I felt like this to give birth.’ I have so much more respect for women after that, let me tell you.”
The actor also said that his pain wasn’t actually noticeable in the movie. “I was assured that it’s not noticeable by any stretch of the imagination,” he also said on the podcast, adding that he was very relieved about that. “And these things happen. I’m sure other actors go through things in their lives and you try to include it into the work.”
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