Bret Michaels Was Watching Busty Cops 3 When He Hemorrhaged
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What was Bret Michaels watching on TV when he suffered a near-fatal brain hemorrhage in April?
"I was going back and forth from SportsCenter to Busty Cops 3," admits the recovering rocker, 47, to Rolling Stone. Michaels spent two weeks recovering in an Arizona hospital. "Maybe that's what did it!"
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Michaels is still in contention to win Celebrity Apprentice this Sunday. Of his fellow contestants, he says, "None of them thought I was going to get out of bed... I said it on the show: Don't mistake my kindness for weakness."
The Poison frontman has been listening to a mix of classic rock like Aerosmith, Kiss, AC/DC and Don McLean's "American Pie" as he bounces back.
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"When I heard lines like, 'This'll be the day that I die' ... I get chills just thinking about it," he tells Rolling Stone.
Michaels teared up on The Oprah Winfrey Show Wednesday discussing his daughters, Raine, 10, and Jorja, 5, with ex girlfriend Kristi Lynn Gibson. He said that doctors told Gibson the night he was rushed to the emergency room, "'It's not good news...I heard you two talking about having daughters. You might want to say goodbye to them.'"
While hospitalized and undergoing tests, Michaels told Winfrey, "I [was] just asking God, 'You've got to let me live through this,...I was doing a lot of asking at that point. [I thought]: 'I know I've done a lot of rotten things. I'm asking for a break here, and if you could cut me a break just this time, I promise I'll be better in the future.'"
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Doctors say they still don't know what caused a blood vessel to burst in Michaels' brain. (Michaels suffers from Type 1 diabetes, and had had his appendix removed in April as well.) About 400,000 people suffer spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhages, according to his his neurosurgeon, Dr. Joseph Zabramski -- and Michaels is among the "lucky 20 percent" who make a full recovery."
"I'm just appreciative to be here and have such great family around me, great friends and a great medical team," Michaels said. "[I] thank the good Lord or guardian angel -- whoever is watching over me -- that it didn't take me out."
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13c'mon people. Stop being so mean just because you can. You don't even know this guy. If you don't enjoy reading about him...stop reading about him!! And for the ass that wrote 'just die already'- I hope noone you love goes through something like this only to have others think 'just die already'. You're a jerk.
Just die already, will ya'????
Just f***ing die already, will ya'? Dude, get with it! Why do you think we are following this story? It's a death watch, you are just messing with us. Go, please, it will make better news.
Even when sick, he's watching something like Busty Cops 3. Good for him! Get well Bret!
You people have no clue what a brain hemorrhage is if you think he is milking this for all it is worth. You don't have to like the man but give him a break, this is mostly fatal and he is lucky to be alive. I know my husband had the same thing a month earlier. You don't know what the next minute is going to bring while they lay there in critical condition...remember his is someone's brother, father or friend. Hey may do things you don't like but it is rude to make comments when you know nothing about what he really went through
I can see the ad now: Watch Busty Cops 3. It'll blow your mind! Seriously, I wish Bret the best.
I see him as a "dirty perv." He thinks that he's god's gift to women and have no appreciation for women while using the excuse of not be soulful.
glad he is alive
I'm thinking he has been milking it for all it's worth...and that didn't start with the hemorrhage. I don't know if people realize this or not, she might not want to marry him! Why is the assumption just because you have a child with someone that you want to marry them?
Bret Michaels... TMI. Yikes. He's beginning to milk this for all it's worth. It's worrisome.
your going to change your priorities?...really?....then make an honest woman of the mother of your kids....quit sucking face with trashy women who'd do anything for 15 minutes of fame......you need to pursue loftier goals...do you really want making out with bimbos on reality tv to be your legacy for your children?
Dirty old perv. And notice that even in his hospital bed, he still had that stupid headband on! Come on Bret give it up, we all know you are bald.
Dirty old perv. And notice that even in his hospital bed, he still had that stupid headband on! Come on Bret give it up, we all know you are bald.