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Did Jamie Dornan Have A Heart Attack?! Star Hospitalized After ‘Symptoms’ … on January 22, 2024 at 11:26 pm The Hollywood Gossip

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Jamie Dornan was hospitalized, and his friend is opening up about the symptoms that drove him to seek urgent medical care.

For ages, Jamie Dornan has been one of our favorite hot Irish celebrities.

But even if he weren’t handsome or famous (or Irish), this would be scary and tragic. And a little bizarre.

During a recent trip, Jamie Dornan ended up in the hospital with “heart attack” symptoms … thanks to an unlikely culprit.

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Jamie Dornan attends the Netflix’s Tudum: A Global Fan Event 2023 at Fundação Bienal de São Paulo on June 17, 2023. (Photo Credit: Mauricio Santana/Getty Images for NETFLIX)

Gordon Smart is a friend of Jamie Dornan, and opened up about the scary hospitalization on BBC’s The Good, The Bad, and the Unexpected podcast.

Jamie was not the only young, athletic man to suffer heart attack symptoms.

His friend Gordon also ended up in the hospital during their recent trip to a golfing resort in Portugal. This happened last year, in 2023.

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Jamie Dornan attends the Netflix’s Tudum: A Global Fan Event 2023 at Fundação Bienal de São Paulo on June 17, 2023. (Photo Credit: Alexandre Schneider/Getty Images for NETFLIX)

At first, Jamie Dornan’s symptoms were not too bad.

Gordon Smart shared that, far from assuming the worst, he and Jamie initially believed that they’d simply had too many drinks the night before.

Still, it was bad enough that they had to go to the hospital. Alcohol can cause heart failure and other medical emergencies (it is literally a poison), but it was not the culprit.

Instead, Gordon and Jamie learned that this was all due to a nasty encounter with processionary caterpillars. Yes, caterpillars.

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Jamie Dornan attends the EE BAFTA Film Awards 2023 at The Royal Festival Hall on February 19, 2023. (Photo Credit: Dominic Lipinski/Getty Images)

What are pine processionary moth caterpillars?

The caterpillars that hospitalized Jamie Dornan are a known pest in Europe and Asia, famous for irritating hairs and for damaging pines and cedars. These caterpillars possess tiny hairs containing a toxin — a protein, specifically — that causes painful irritation in the skin, eye, and throat.

Gordon recalled feeling a “tingling in his left and and tickling in his left arm” just one day into the vacation.

He very understandably believed this to be “the sign of the start of a heart attack.”

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Honoree Jamie Dornan speaks onstage during US-Ireland Alliance’s 16th Annual Oscar Wilde Awards at The Ebell Club of Los Angeles on March 24, 2022. (Photo Credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for US-Ireland Alliance)

“Now, I’m a fairly healthy guy but once you start thinking, you’re having a heart attack, you’re pretty sure that you’re convincing yourself that you are having one,” Gordon reasoned.

He shared that he received a discharge from the hospital after doctors and nurses had looked him over. They had not yet advised him of the cause of his symptoms, however.

However, he was not alone. He soon saw buddy Jamie Dornan hooked up to medical equipment.

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Jamie Dornan attends the Loewe Womenswear Fall Winter 2023-2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on March 03, 2023. (Photo Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images for Loewe)

Like Gordon, Jamie Dornan was hospitalized

“Jamie said, ‘Dear me. Gordon, about 20 minutes after you left, my left arm went numb, my left leg went numb, my right leg went numb, and I found myself in the back of an ambulance,’” Gordon recalled on the podcast.

It sounds like Jamie experienced more severe symptoms than Gordon.

“Anyway, as he left the hospital, the paramedics asked them for a selfie,” Gorden described, “which is really what you want when you’re being wheeled out of a hospital room.” That last part was sarcastic.

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Jamie Dornan speaks onstage during the 27th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on March 13, 2022. (Photo Credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)

It was only a week later that Gordon and Jamie heard from the doctor, who offered an explanation.

Toxic caterpillars are seldom anyone’s first suspect. But the location, and their time at a golf resort, were a major clue.

“And it turns out that there are caterpillars on golf courses in the south of Portugal,” Gordon explained, “that have been killing people’s dogs and giving men in their 40s heart attacks.”

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Jamie Dornan attends the 94th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood and Highland on March 27, 2022. (Photo Credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

The two friends had bad luck — but it could have been worse

“It turns out we’d brushed up against hairy processionary caterpillars and have been very lucky to come out of that one alive,” Gordon summarized.

“So there’s my story; the good news is it wasn’t a caffeine overdose, it wasn’t a hangover — it was a poisonous, toxic caterpillar,” he then spelled out.

That is good news. Caterpillars use natural defenses like irritating proteins to deter predators, but it can make them a danger to anyone who gets too close.

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What We Can Learn Inside 50 Cent’s Explosive Diddy Documentary: 5 Reasons You Should Watch

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50 Cent’s new Netflix docuseries about Sean “Diddy” Combs is more than a headline-grabbing exposé; it is a meticulous breakdown of how power, celebrity, and silence can collide in the entertainment industry.

Across its episodes, the series traces Diddy’s rise, the allegations that followed him for years, and the shocking footage and testimonies now forcing a wider cultural reckoning.

For viewers, it offers not just drama, but lessons about media literacy, accountability, and how society treats survivors when a superstar is involved.

Rapper 50 Cent pictured in Tup Tup Palace night club with owners James Jukes and Matt LoveDough, Newcastle, UK, 7th November 2015

1. It Chronicles Diddy’s Rise and Fall – And How Power Warps Reality

The docuseries follows Combs from hitmaker and business icon to a figure facing serious criminal conviction and public disgrace, mapping out decades of influence, branding, and behind-the-scenes behavior. Watching that arc shows how money, fame, and industry relationships can shield someone from scrutiny and delay accountability, even as disturbing accusations accumulate.

Rapper 50 Cent pictured in Tup Tup Palace night club with owners James Jukes and Matt LoveDough, Newcastle, UK, 7th November 2015

2. Never-Before-Seen Footage Shows How Narratives Are Managed

Exclusive footage of Diddy in private settings and in the tense days around his legal troubles reveals how carefully celebrity narratives are shaped, even in crisis.

Viewers can learn to question polished statements and recognize that what looks spontaneous in public is often the result of strategy, damage control, and legal calculation.

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3. Survivors’ Stories Highlight Patterns of Abuse and Silence

Interviews with alleged victims, former staff, and industry insiders describe patterns of control, fear, and emotional or physical harm that were long whispered about but rarely aired in this detail. Their stories underline how difficult it is to speak out against a powerful figure, teaching viewers why many survivors delay disclosure and why consistent patterns across multiple accounts matter.

4. 50 Cent’s Approach Shows Storytelling as a Tool for Accountability

As executive producer, 50 Cent uses his reputation and platform to push a project that leans into uncomfortable truths rather than protecting industry relationships. The series demonstrates how documentary storytelling can challenge established power structures, elevate marginalized voices, and pressure institutions to respond when traditional systems have failed.

5. The Cultural Backlash Reveals How Society Handles Celebrity Accountability

Reactions to the doc—ranging from people calling it necessary and brave to others dismissing it as a vendetta or smear campaign—expose how emotionally invested audiences can be in defending or condemning a famous figure. Watching that debate unfold helps viewers see how fandom, nostalgia, and bias influence who is believed, and why conversations about “cancel culture” often mask deeper questions about justice and who is considered too powerful to fall.

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South Park’s Christmas Episode Delivers the Antichrist

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A new Christmas-themed episode of South Park is scheduled to air with a central plot in which Satan is depicted as preparing for the birth of an Antichrist figure. The premise extends a season-long narrative arc that has involved Satan, Donald Trump, and apocalyptic rhetoric, positioning this holiday episode as a culmination of those storylines rather than a stand‑alone concept.

Episode premise and season context

According to published synopses and entertainment coverage, the episode frames the Antichrist as part of a fictional storyline that blends religious symbolism with commentary on politics, media, and cultural fear. This follows earlier Season 28 episodes that introduced ideas about Trump fathering an Antichrist child and tech billionaire Peter Thiel obsessing over prophecy and end‑times narratives. The Christmas setting is presented as a contrast to the darker themes, reflecting the series’ pattern of pairing holiday imagery with controversial subject matter.

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Public and political reactions

Coverage notes that some figures connected to Donald Trump’s political orbit have criticized the season’s portrayal of Trump and his allies, describing the show as relying on shock tactics rather than substantive critique. Commentators highlight that these objections are directed more at the depiction of real political figures and the show’s tone than at the specific theology of the Antichrist storyline.

At the time of reporting, there have not been widely reported, detailed statements from major religious leaders focused solely on this Christmas episode, though religion-focused criticism of South Park in general has a long history.

Media and cultural commentary

Entertainment outlets such as The Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly, Forbes, Slate, and USA Today describe the Antichrist arc as part of South Park’s ongoing use of Trump-era and tech-world politics as material for satire.

These reports emphasize that the show’s treatment of the Antichrist, Satan, and prophecy is designed as exaggerated commentary rather than doctrinal argument, while also acknowledging that many viewers may see the storyline as offensive or excessive.

Viewer guidance and content advisory

South Park is rated TV‑MA and is intended for adult audiences due to strong language, explicit themes, and frequent use of religious and political satire. Viewers who are sensitive to depictions of Satan, the Antichrist, or parodies involving real political figures may find this episode particularly objectionable, while others may view it as consistent with the show’s long‑running approach to controversial topics. As with previous episodes, individual responses are likely to vary widely, and the episode is best understood as part of an ongoing satirical series rather than a factual or theological statement.

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Sydney Sweeney Finally Confronts the Plastic Surgery Rumors

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Sydney Sweeney has decided she is finished watching strangers on the internet treat her face like a forensic project. After years of side‑by‑side screenshots, “then vs now” TikToks, and long comment threads wondering what work she has supposedly had done, the actor is now addressing the plastic surgery rumors directly—and using them to say something larger about how women are looked at in Hollywood and online.

Sweeney at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival red carpet premiere of Christy

Growing Up on Camera vs. “Before and After” Culture

Sweeney points out that people are often mistaking normal changes for procedures: she grew up on camera, her roles now come with big‑budget glam teams, and her body has shifted as she has trained, aged, and worked nonstop. Yet every new red‑carpet photo gets folded into a narrative that assumes surgeons, not time, are responsible. Rather than walking through a checklist of what is “real,” she emphasizes how bizarre it is that internet detectives comb through pores, noses, and jawlines as if they are owed an explanation for every contour of a woman’s face.

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The Real Problem Isn’t Her Face

By speaking up, Sweeney is redirecting the conversation away from her features and toward the culture that obsesses over them.

She argues that the real issue isn’t whether an actress has had work done, but why audiences feel so entitled to dissect her body as public property in the first place.

For her, the constant speculation is less about curiosity and more about control—another way to tell women what they should look like and punish them when they do not fit. In calling out that dynamic, Sweeney isn’t just defending herself; she is forcing fans and followers to ask why tearing apart someone else’s appearance has become such a popular form of entertainment.


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