Wanted singer 'wrote will in hospital'

Wanted singer Max George has revealed he wrote his will in his hospital bed before undergoing heart surgery.

“I thought I was going to die,” 36-year-old tell the sun.

He said he was so sure he wouldn't succeed that he pulled out his phone and began detailing what to do with his assets.

George, from Manchester, underwent surgery just before Christmas to have a pacemaker fitted to keep his heart beating normally.

In the interview, George shared his fears after doctors first discovered he had a heart problem.

“If I could go from being absolutely on top of the world to being told, 'The bottom part of your heart isn't working,' I would always be thinking in the back of my mind, 'Well, what if the top half stops working overnight?'”

He said he worried about his family and actress Maisie Smith, 23, in case he didn't make it through.

“When you are told that, you really realize what your responsibilities are. I have a partner, Messi, I have a family. I have two little nephews and all these things are really in front of you. .all.”

He identified December 13 as the “worst” day because his blood pressure and heart rate both dropped.

“That night, it was so close that it really felt like my neck was closing, and that's when that panic really kicked in. I felt like I was going to die,” he said.

But then his surgery date was set for December 18, which left him “excited.”

The surgery lasted about three hours and when he woke up, he was greeted by his girlfriend.

“The first face I saw was Messi's and I remember it was really friendly – like that was the first time I really felt like a real human being again and that I had a heart,” he said .

George has stayed in touch with fans on social media throughout, posting on Instagram in December that his new pacemaker was his “little friend.”

He added that it was “the best Christmas present I could have ever wished for.”

He said the pacemaker's location beneath his Tom Parker tribute tattoo gave him “confidence that it was being taken care of”.

George rose to fame in the early 2010s with bandmates Siva Kaneswaran, Nathan Sykes, Jay McGuiness and Parker.

The Wanted announced their disbandment in 2014, and in 2022, George and Kaneswaran relaunched as a duo.

George also appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2020, where he first met his current partner Smith.

his bandmate parker died of brain cancerMarch 2022, 33 years old.