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traitor Star Amanda Collier says the show’s “due diligence” may have saved her life.
The 57-year-old former detective was once a devotee of the hit song British Broadcasting Corporation previous program She was ejected from a roundtable earlier this week.
After withdrawing, Collier said that all contestants were required to undergo a medical examination, which revealed she had a severe heart condition that she had not previously known about.
Collier, who is from Bolton but now lives in Brighton, said she was diagnosed with a “pretty serious heart condition” after undergoing a CT scan before appearing on the show.
The condition runs in Collier’s family, but the former Metropolitan Police detective said she herself would not have been diagnosed without the BBC’s “due diligence”.
She told BBC North West Tonight that doctors discovered slight damage to her heart during a test, which was caused by her sister’s heart attack in 2019. So she took cholesterol-lowering statins.
this traitor However, medical examinations revealed that “things had gotten worse over the past five years.”
“My genes caused problems with my heart, but I’m on medication now, I’ve changed my lifestyle and it’s changed my life,” she said. “The cardiologist said it’s pretty serious, but I’m on the right path and hope to live as long as possible.”
Speaking about the unexpected diagnosis, Collier said: “I would never have noticed it because I’ve always stayed healthy. I’m a very healthy person.”
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“I used to get up and run a marathon,” she said, adding that she “can’t do that anymore.”
“I have to be very careful about the workouts I do. I still work out, but I do HIIT [high intensity interval training] Lessons, small strenuous exercise. I had to change my life a little bit,” she said.
Collier continued: “The good news is I’m now on medication and making lifestyle changes and I’m getting regular NHS checks, so I’m in a good place.”
She added: “I’m very, very grateful for this show.”
Collier became The seventh contestant eliminated Starting from the ongoing fourth season traitor. While at the Castle, she retained her previous career as a senior detective to increase her chances of winning the competition.
Just before her banishment, Collier revealed the secret to her companion Rachel, who she did not know was a traitor. However, when Rachel told the contestants what Collier had said, the revelation led to chaos, with Fiona (a fellow traitor) accusing her of lying.
The group ultimately sides with Rachel and banishes Fiona from the game.
Chatting with Ed Gamble Traitor exposed podcast, Fiona now admits she always believed Racheland strategizing simply to gain an advantage.
traitor The show continues on Wednesdays at 8pm on BBC One, with episodes airing every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
In light of her heart disease diagnosis, Collier is now an advocate for the British Heart Foundation and says she hopes to use her platform to raise awareness of heart disease.
“I want to use the information I have and what has been revealed over the past few weeks to tell people that heart disease has no age limit and can happen to young people as well as old people,” she said.