Max George reveals he made a heartbreaking decision while in hospital for emergency heart operation after fearing he'd die
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Max George has revealed he made the heartbreaking decision to write a will after fearing he'd die while in hospital for an emergency heart operation. The Wanted singer, 36, had a pacemaker fitted after being admitted to the hospital in December after experiencing issues with his heart.
![[The Wanted singer, 36, had a pacemaker fitted after being admitted to the hospital in December after experiencing issues with his heart]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/00/94000727-14274743-The_Wanted_singer_36_had_a_pacemaker_fitted_after_being_admitted-a-25_1736640768522.jpg)
Max was released in time for Christmas and has been recovering at home with the support of girlfriend Maisie Smith, 23. In a new interview, the performer opened up about the crippling fear he'd felt being on a ward surrounded by patients at least 30 years his senior, and told how he'd left instructions on his iPhone in case he didn't make it.
![[In a new interview, the performer opened up about the crippling fear he'd felt being on a ward surrounded by patients at least 30 years his senior, and told how he'd left instructions on his iPhone in case he didn't make it]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/00/93908145-14274743-Max_George_has_revealed_he_made_the_heartbreaking_decision_to_wr-a-26_1736640772282.jpg)
He told The Sun: 'That first night I wrote a will, I thought I was going to die. If I could go from being absolutely on top of the world to being told ‘the bottom part of your heart isn’t working’, I kept thinking in my head, ‘Well, what if the top half stops working overnight?’.
![[' That first night I wrote a will, I thought I was going to die. If I could go from being absolutely on top of the world to being told ‘the bottom part of your heart isn’t working’, I kept thinking in my head, ‘Well, what if the top half stops working overnight?’]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/00/94000743-14274743-_That_first_night_I_wrote_a_will_I_thought_I_was_going_to_die_If-m-29_1736640863124.jpg)
The Glad You Came hitmaker told how being told he needed a pacemaker as the bottom half of his heart wasn't working properly made him realise what his 'responsibilities' were as he thought about the loved ones he'd be leaving behind if he passed. Max George has revealed he made the heartbreaking decision to write a will after fearing he'd die while in hospital for an emergency heart operation.
![[Luckily for Max, his pacemaker got fitted exactly a week after being admitted to hospital, with the singer conscious throughout the surgery, though heavily sedated]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/00/93908713-14274743-image-a-30_1736640881900.jpg)
The Wanted singer, 36, had a pacemaker fitted after being admitted to the hospital in December after experiencing issues with his heart. Recalling that 'really scary' and sleepless first night in hospital, Max told how he was 'struggling to move' and battled a number of other symptoms including a tightness in his throat and having deep, slow breaths.
![[After recovering from the surgery, the All Time Low singer was delighted as the first person to greet him was Maisie, noting that it was at this moment he felt like 'a real person again' and 'had a heart]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/12/00/93908709-14274743-The_star_feared_he_would_be_spending_Christmas_in_hospital_howev-a-31_1736640885086.jpg)
