Under pressure FLYNNY'S HEART-STOPPING SCARE

The radio star’s been forced to reassess his lifestyle after another cardiac crisis

- Rebekah Hebenton

It has been almost 10 years since More FM host Paul “Flynny” Flynn received the news that no one wants to hear – his father Rick had had a massive heart attack and was undergoing bypass surgery to save his life.

“I was terrified, to be honest. I was terrified of losing my dad so young and so suddenly,” admits Flynny, who was 31 at the time. “He’s a full-of-life character and he’s one of my best mates. He’s awesome.”

Thankfully, Rick, now 62, made it through and Flynny shares he is now doing better than ever. But the thought of losing his dad so young was a sobering wakeup call for the father-of-four and Flynny decided it was time to take a good look at his own health.

“At the time, I was very overweight, I never exercised and I was filling myself up with rubbish. So, I started freaking out about my heart and what I’ve done to it in my life so far,” Flynny shares. “I went to a cardiologist and had all the tests done, and they found that I had the very start of coronary artery disease. It made me think, ‘Okay, I need to start looking after myself.’”

And he did. The now 41-year-old started eating healthier and took up running for the first time in his life.