February 16, 2023 • 6 mins
Fringe is wrapping up but we have one of the best for last! If anyone can make having a heart attack sound even slightly hilarious it's Dilruk Jayasinha, who suffered one last year... and how it almost went completely undetected.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Still Rookers joined us. Your show Heart Stopper is on
(00:03):
until this Sunday. Well, Fringe does wrap up this Sunday,
so I can't go any longer than that. Tickets are
through Fringe world dot com, dot you. There is a
very personal story behind the title.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Yeah it was a stopper.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Yeah, two meanings actually because I'm Sri Lunkan, but my
mum's out of the family is Indian and I found
out that in a Hindi rook would mean stop and
deal would mean heart, so heart stop. It was a
pretty app and I made the joke about that, like
you know that it's an appt name because my cholesterol
is high.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
In twenty twenty one, but then a year.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Later, I actually had a heart attack, no and yeah,
proper legit heart attack, which almost went undetected because there
was really yeah, because there's a tiny little pinch in
my left arm that was it just minor, and I
just thought I'll just ignore it and harden up and
all that.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it would be right exactly.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
And then I went on, what am I doing? I'm
not why am I diagnosing myself? I'm not a doctor,
And much of my parents disappointment not a top.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
Sound still like you jinxed yourself.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Actually you brought it up, yeah, exactly. So I just
went and go checked out in. The doctors were saying,
you know, everything's fine, but you know, the issuge is
looking good, and the fact that I walked to the hospital, yeah,
it'd be all right. And then they said, well, we'll
just do some test to put your mind it is.
And then the test came back with this particular enzyme
in my blood that shows up all the after a
heart event.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
And he's like, oh, yeah, it looks like you're having
a heart attack, and it was. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
So they did the test the next day to see
if what the issue is and there was an eighty
percent block in an artery that they've they nicknamed the
widow Maker, which sounds like a Gems Bond movie branch.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
And so I just basically was very I don't know
what we'd call it luck, but yeah. The doctor was
like the fact that I even came to get it
checked out is remarkable because the symptoms are so mild.
But you know, five years from now this could have
been much more serious and potentially, I.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Mean, you're not the only one that would react like that,
unless we're gasping for air, we wouldn't think that we're
having a heart attack. And to get you know, we
do go I'll be right, well yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Yeah, yeah, a pinch, yeah exactly.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
I'd rather be a soft us after he was still
alive than someone who is buried.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
It could have been not the first comedian to die
on stage, and that would have been good.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Now I've done a few times on stage, so that
would have been fine. Now would have been just dying
at home in front of my desk. That's admit that
I'm not used to watching Home and Away.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Yes, now, it happened in twenty one, and how many
people have said to you, oh, it's because of the vaccine.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Well, it happened twenty twenty two. And if people do
say it, the VEO, yes, so this is April last year.
So the anti vaxes love it. They do love hearing
about the heart attack.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
The emoji.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Yeah, they love they love it because they're like, I
knew it, you shouldn't have got the But the thing
is that that was the first question I had, is
to to confirm that it wasn't anything to do with
the vaccine, because it's Closterol. It's nothing to do with Astrosenika.
It's past us anyka of anything. I just you know,
boosted it with with gelato, you know. So I basically
that was nice to get it cleared, but at the
(02:51):
same time also kind of frustrating because you know, I
grew up, you know, quite unhealthy and trank a lot
or eate a lot. But then the last four years
I've been you know, watching my I was running more.
I did a marathon.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Really, I love it. Yeah, I lost thirty kilos a marathon.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Yeah, I just I was just so frustrated that going
this is this, like, what was the point is it?
You know? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (03:16):
I went and saw Sting the last Friday night, right
the concert, and there was a woman sitting two seats
down from it for the whole gig was on her phone.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
See when the song I'll be watching You, you were
literally doing it, just staring at her.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
I was watching her because she's on her phone. She's
on Facebook for the whole gig. I'm thinking, are you
are you here with someone else? You're not a fan,
but you said you're a bit addicted to your phone too.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Yeah yeah, yeah, But to be honest, I wouldn't go
to a concert and then be obsessed with my phone.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
The artist.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
My addiction to the phone is meant to do mainly
a run falling asleep. I struggled to fall asleep with
the without watching something on my phone, and so a
couple of nights ago, I was on Instagram reels and
then passed out during that, which means that I woke
up and it was the same video, like a five
second video that.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Was playing on loop.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
But I prefer that then what happened before the phone,
because back in the day, I used to fall asleep
with my laptop. And there's not one, but three from
laptops that I've fallen asleep on top of and crushed.
So yeah, yeah, exactly, Yes, absolutely destroyed insurance. No, just
I'm gonna you know, I used to be an ex accountant,
so you know, just just appreciation and.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Phones shows still. Dave Chappelle recently made everyone lock their
phone in a lock box so that they couldn't record,
because I think that the phone is the greatest enemy
to live comedy. I want my comedians editing themselves on
the run, thinking is that going to come back.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
And haunt me?
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Yeah, And so I saw that as well, and I'm
actually I'm a big fan of the idea, Like the
more people that leave, I ll just just leaving the
phones locked away, because you know, it's also just a
chance to be in the moment. Like, don't get me wrong,
there's something nice about taking photos and capturing your sort
of your own little for memories.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
But he can't go too far. Like I remember my dad.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
I took him to see Elton John when he was
doing one of his many farewell concerts, and.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
My dad, God bless him the whole time. Felt film
the whole thing, the whole thing for about two hours.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
And what makes it even more interesting is that Dad
has Parkinson's.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
So I'm like, who's going to watch that? Mate?
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Like genuinely, you know, I was like, unless they're on
a roller coaster, they're not really going to be able
to view this video.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
So now I'm holding the phone. Yeah but I did.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
He's like, it's it's nice to sort of enjoy the moment.
I'm like, take a couple of full sure, yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
But you're not filming a Netflix special.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
He's like, I'll show it to my sister's back in
Sri Lanka. I'm like, I don't think they're going to
sit through this shaw.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
I don't know if you know, but that that Dave
Chappelle gig, there was a somet kicked out because it
was a fight in the crowd. Maybe he was upset
about not having his phone because it got locked down.
It was actually a scrap in the and Dave was
using it for material.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
But oh well, I'm sure it would be silly I
for him not to. But also that's kind of weird
that they were. The fight broke out during a comedy show.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
This is what's how embarrassing.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Yeah, hopefully none of that happens at my solo shows. Like,
I've never been in a fight my entire life. The
closest I've ever come to a fight was there was
a punch on at school and everyone was just having
a brawl. I just sit sat back and commentated, you know,
because I got a smile. I'm like, oh, he's gone
through to four weeks minimum. And then this one blog
saw me by myself actually comes over grabs him by
the collar, clenched his fist to go to punch me.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
But I think you see so how scared I looked.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
So he uncleanched his fist and slapped me like it's
just so emasculating. In that moment, I was like, actually
just punched me because right now I felt both testicles
just jump back in itself and got stuck at the
back of my throat Like I was just like I
wanted them to punch so that they just pop back out.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Exactly. Wow.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
All right, well I just want to mention also, you
filmed a stand up special for Amazon Prime, so get
around that.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
It's called Prime Video.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
I think, yeah, Prime Video. It's called The Bundle of Joys.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
And you can catch the rook and heart Stopper until
this Sunday during Fringe tickeet through Fringe world dot com
dot au.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Yeah, thanks for coming in. My absolutely pleas
Still Rookers joined us. Your show Heart Stopper is on
(00:03):
until this Sunday. Well, Fringe does wrap up this Sunday,
so I can't go any longer than that. Tickets are
through Fringe world dot com, dot you. There is a
very personal story behind the title.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Yeah it was a stopper.
Speaker 3 (00:14):
Yeah, two meanings actually because I'm Sri Lunkan, but my
mum's out of the family is Indian and I found
out that in a Hindi rook would mean stop and
deal would mean heart, so heart stop. It was a
pretty app and I made the joke about that, like
you know that it's an appt name because my cholesterol
is high.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
In twenty twenty one, but then a year.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Later, I actually had a heart attack, no and yeah,
proper legit heart attack, which almost went undetected because there
was really yeah, because there's a tiny little pinch in
my left arm that was it just minor, and I
just thought I'll just ignore it and harden up and
all that.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it would be right exactly.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
And then I went on, what am I doing? I'm
not why am I diagnosing myself? I'm not a doctor,
And much of my parents disappointment not a top.
Speaker 4 (00:55):
Sound still like you jinxed yourself.
Speaker 3 (00:56):
Actually you brought it up, yeah, exactly. So I just
went and go checked out in. The doctors were saying,
you know, everything's fine, but you know, the issuge is
looking good, and the fact that I walked to the hospital, yeah,
it'd be all right. And then they said, well, we'll
just do some test to put your mind it is.
And then the test came back with this particular enzyme
in my blood that shows up all the after a
heart event.
Speaker 2 (01:14):
And he's like, oh, yeah, it looks like you're having
a heart attack, and it was. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
So they did the test the next day to see
if what the issue is and there was an eighty
percent block in an artery that they've they nicknamed the
widow Maker, which sounds like a Gems Bond movie branch.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
And so I just basically was very I don't know
what we'd call it luck, but yeah. The doctor was
like the fact that I even came to get it
checked out is remarkable because the symptoms are so mild.
But you know, five years from now this could have
been much more serious and potentially, I.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
Mean, you're not the only one that would react like that,
unless we're gasping for air, we wouldn't think that we're
having a heart attack. And to get you know, we
do go I'll be right, well yeah.
Speaker 2 (01:55):
Yeah, yeah, a pinch, yeah exactly.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
I'd rather be a soft us after he was still
alive than someone who is buried.
Speaker 4 (02:04):
It could have been not the first comedian to die
on stage, and that would have been good.
Speaker 3 (02:07):
Now I've done a few times on stage, so that
would have been fine. Now would have been just dying
at home in front of my desk. That's admit that
I'm not used to watching Home and Away.
Speaker 1 (02:15):
Yes, now, it happened in twenty one, and how many
people have said to you, oh, it's because of the vaccine.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Well, it happened twenty twenty two. And if people do
say it, the VEO, yes, so this is April last year.
So the anti vaxes love it. They do love hearing
about the heart attack.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
The emoji.
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Yeah, they love they love it because they're like, I
knew it, you shouldn't have got the But the thing
is that that was the first question I had, is
to to confirm that it wasn't anything to do with
the vaccine, because it's Closterol. It's nothing to do with Astrosenika.
It's past us anyka of anything. I just you know,
boosted it with with gelato, you know. So I basically
that was nice to get it cleared, but at the
(02:51):
same time also kind of frustrating because you know, I
grew up, you know, quite unhealthy and trank a lot
or eate a lot. But then the last four years
I've been you know, watching my I was running more.
I did a marathon.
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Really, I love it. Yeah, I lost thirty kilos a marathon.
Speaker 3 (03:08):
Yeah, I just I was just so frustrated that going
this is this, like, what was the point is it?
You know? Yeah?
Speaker 4 (03:16):
I went and saw Sting the last Friday night, right
the concert, and there was a woman sitting two seats
down from it for the whole gig was on her phone.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
See when the song I'll be watching You, you were
literally doing it, just staring at her.
Speaker 4 (03:25):
I was watching her because she's on her phone. She's
on Facebook for the whole gig. I'm thinking, are you
are you here with someone else? You're not a fan,
but you said you're a bit addicted to your phone too.
Speaker 3 (03:32):
Yeah yeah, yeah, But to be honest, I wouldn't go
to a concert and then be obsessed with my phone.
Speaker 4 (03:37):
The artist.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
My addiction to the phone is meant to do mainly
a run falling asleep. I struggled to fall asleep with
the without watching something on my phone, and so a
couple of nights ago, I was on Instagram reels and
then passed out during that, which means that I woke
up and it was the same video, like a five
second video that.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Was playing on loop.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
But I prefer that then what happened before the phone,
because back in the day, I used to fall asleep
with my laptop. And there's not one, but three from
laptops that I've fallen asleep on top of and crushed.
So yeah, yeah, exactly, Yes, absolutely destroyed insurance. No, just
I'm gonna you know, I used to be an ex accountant,
so you know, just just appreciation and.
Speaker 1 (04:16):
Phones shows still. Dave Chappelle recently made everyone lock their
phone in a lock box so that they couldn't record,
because I think that the phone is the greatest enemy
to live comedy. I want my comedians editing themselves on
the run, thinking is that going to come back.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
And haunt me?
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Yeah, And so I saw that as well, and I'm
actually I'm a big fan of the idea, Like the
more people that leave, I ll just just leaving the
phones locked away, because you know, it's also just a
chance to be in the moment. Like, don't get me wrong,
there's something nice about taking photos and capturing your sort
of your own little for memories.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
But he can't go too far. Like I remember my dad.
Speaker 3 (04:55):
I took him to see Elton John when he was
doing one of his many farewell concerts, and.
Speaker 2 (04:59):
My dad, God bless him the whole time. Felt film
the whole thing, the whole thing for about two hours.
Speaker 3 (05:05):
And what makes it even more interesting is that Dad
has Parkinson's.
Speaker 2 (05:09):
So I'm like, who's going to watch that? Mate?
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Like genuinely, you know, I was like, unless they're on
a roller coaster, they're not really going to be able
to view this video.
Speaker 2 (05:17):
So now I'm holding the phone. Yeah but I did.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
He's like, it's it's nice to sort of enjoy the moment.
I'm like, take a couple of full sure, yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:25):
But you're not filming a Netflix special.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
He's like, I'll show it to my sister's back in
Sri Lanka. I'm like, I don't think they're going to
sit through this shaw.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
I don't know if you know, but that that Dave
Chappelle gig, there was a somet kicked out because it
was a fight in the crowd. Maybe he was upset
about not having his phone because it got locked down.
It was actually a scrap in the and Dave was
using it for material.
Speaker 3 (05:43):
But oh well, I'm sure it would be silly I
for him not to. But also that's kind of weird
that they were. The fight broke out during a comedy show.
Speaker 2 (05:49):
This is what's how embarrassing.
Speaker 3 (05:52):
Yeah, hopefully none of that happens at my solo shows. Like,
I've never been in a fight my entire life. The
closest I've ever come to a fight was there was
a punch on at school and everyone was just having
a brawl. I just sit sat back and commentated, you know,
because I got a smile. I'm like, oh, he's gone
through to four weeks minimum. And then this one blog
saw me by myself actually comes over grabs him by
the collar, clenched his fist to go to punch me.
Speaker 2 (06:11):
But I think you see so how scared I looked.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
So he uncleanched his fist and slapped me like it's
just so emasculating. In that moment, I was like, actually
just punched me because right now I felt both testicles
just jump back in itself and got stuck at the
back of my throat Like I was just like I
wanted them to punch so that they just pop back out.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Exactly. Wow.
Speaker 1 (06:32):
All right, well I just want to mention also, you
filmed a stand up special for Amazon Prime, so get
around that.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
It's called Prime Video.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
I think, yeah, Prime Video. It's called The Bundle of Joys.
Speaker 1 (06:41):
And you can catch the rook and heart Stopper until
this Sunday during Fringe tickeet through Fringe world dot com
dot au.
Speaker 2 (06:49):
Yeah, thanks for coming in. My absolutely pleas
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