Julie Bowen recalls needing a pacemaker at 29:…
Julie Bowen is opening up about her health.
The “Modern Family” alum, 55, advised Michael Rosenbaum on Tuesday’s episode of his “Inside of You” podcast that she has sick sinus syndrome, a sort of rhythm disorder that impacts the guts’s natural pacemaker, per the Mayo Clinic.
Bowen’s situation is known as hypervagotonia, which is elevated exercise in the vagus nerve, according to the National Institute of Health.
Julie Bowen on “Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum” podcast. Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum/YouTube
“I have a low resting heart rate,” she defined, noting that her pacemaker is “set so that it can’t go below 45.”
Before the pacemaker, Bowen’s resting coronary heart fee was in the 30s, when the “normal” resting coronary heart fee is between 60 to 100 beats per minute for girls.
Julie Bowen, Tom Cavanagh in the NBC collection “Ed.”
The “Hysteria!” star’s sister identified her situation while the 2 have been on a getaway.
Bowen shared that her sibling, Annie Luetkemeyer, had just graduated from medical faculty and “was at that time in her life when she, I guess, she always carried around a stethoscope. And we were on vacation, and she was like, ‘I wanna listen to this.’”
“She was like, ‘That is not what they’ve been telling you, and it’s not runner’s heart or whatever. That means you need to go to a cardiologist,’” the “Happy Gilmore” vet remembered.
Julie Bowen in 2002. Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images
“I was like, ‘I’m fine,’” the actress shared, including that her sister “would not let it go.”
A month later, Bowen shot the pilot for the NBC collection “Ed” alongside Tom Cavanagh. The comedy/drama ran from 2000 to 2004.
“I shot the pilot of ‘Ed’ and immediately had to go get a pacemaker afterwards,” Bowen mentioned. “I was like, ‘Oh my God. My life is over. This is so weird. I’m gonna die.’ I don’t know what I thought it was, because I was 29.”
“You’re lucky you didn’t die before that,” Rosenbaum, 52, responded.
“Modern Family” stars Nolan Gould as Luke Dunphy, Ariel Winter as Alex Dunphy, Ty Burrell as Phil Dunphy, Julie Bowen as Claire Dunphy and Sarah Hyland as Haley Dunphy. ABC
“They said I wouldn’t probably die of it, but I’d start passing out,” Bowen clarified. “There was a vague feeling … whenever I was relaxed, really relaxed, I’d be, like, watching TV or movie.”
The “Hubie Halloween” star described it felt like she’d “been holding my breath for a while, that feeling of, like, lightheadedness. And they said, ‘You’re gonna be driving a car, and you’re gonna pass out, and you’re gonna kill somebody.’ And I was like, ‘Oh, well, then give me the Goddamn pacemaker.’”
Bowen has had the batteries changed 3 times; however, she admitted, “I forget about it all the time.”
Julie Bowen in “Happy Gilmore.” Joseph Lederer/Universal/Kobal/Shutterstock
These days, the “Boston Legal” alum hasn’t let her situation gradual her down one bit. In truth, she’s starring in the upcoming sequel to the beloved 1996 sports activities comedy “Happy Gilmore.”
Bowen is reprising her function as Virginia Venit, the love curiosity of Adam Sandler’s Happy Gilmore, but didn’t know if she’d be requested back for spherical two.
“I thought, ‘Well I won’t be in it,’” Bowen advised The Hollywood Reporter in June.
Julie Bowen during GQ Celebrates September Issue. FilmMagic
“And that was OK — it was like Virginia Venit, it’s been 30 years, he’s got a hottie. He’s got some little bitty on the side, like a cart girl,” she continued. “As a matter of fact my children told me, before I was even told officially that there was a ‘Happy Gilmore’ sequel, my now 18-year-old said, ‘Mom, I hear they’re doing a sequel and he’s with Sydney Sweeney as a cart girl.’”
Bowen teased, “I went, I’m hurt and I so respect that move. Of course, why wouldn’t you? So when I got the call that I was actually in it, I was like, ‘Are you sure? Come on.’”
Although Sweeney, 27, isn’t in the movie, the sequel is set to have a slew of new faces, including Bad Bunny, Margaret Qualley, Benny Safdie, Travis Kelce, Kym Whitley and Eminem.
Julie Bowen attends Netflix Tudum 2025: The Live Event. WireImage
“Seeing Bad Bunny on set I was just like, ‘Oh, I can’t actually look you in the eye, I’m going to have to walk away,’ and I did,” Bowen recalled. “I think he was offended and I had to circle back and now I made it worse. I’m the kind of person who doesn’t want to meet her heroes because I think I’m just going to be a jackass.”
“Happy Gilmore 2” hits Netflix on July 25.
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