England legend ‘Razor’ Ruddock reveals Harry Redknapp show saved his life after doctors feared he had two months to live
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ENGLAND legend Neil 'Razor' Ruddock has revealed how Harry Redknapp's show saved his life. The former Liverpool centre-back disclosed that what he initially thought was dementia turned out to be a serious heart condition as doctors feared he had just two months to live.
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Ruddock, 56, has changed his life around and reduced his alcohol intake as he credits his former gaffer's TV show 'Harry's Heroes'. Speaking to Nigel Farage on GB News, he said: “From when I left school until like 35, every day I was told where I've got to be.
![[Ruddock linked up with his old England teammates for 'Harry's Heroes: The Full English' in 2019 and it's sequel a year later]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/harry_heroes_021jpg-JS478403452.jpg?strip=all&w=679)
"What I can eat, what I can't drink, and all this. And when you're 35 there was no sort of step back. “There was no help when football finished. I turned into an 18-year-old kid and couldn't wait to retire at 35 and start drinking and eating what I wanted and then I got 28 and a half stone.
![[The ex-England defender ballooned to 27st during the pandemic]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/ban-smoking-demo-scottish-parliament-717513826.webp?strip=all&w=620)
“I did the Harry Heroes TV show. I was feeling dizzy. At the time there was a lot of talk about dementia in football, heading the ball. “So I was going dizzy. So I thought, you know, ‘it’s dementia’. I went to see all the specialists and it was my heart, he said, ‘the way you’re going, you’ve got two months to live’.
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“Trust me, that changed my life, and then they had to stop my heart, restart my heart. I got a pacemaker. I've had the gastric sleeve…because I’d given up on myself, basically. “Without doing that TV show, I wouldn't be here today.”. The award-winning documentary series was filmed in 2020.
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