According to CTV News, Drew Carey experienced chest pains that sent him to the hospital in 2001 while he was working on "The Drew Carey Show." There, the doctors discovered that one of the arteries around his heart was blocked and they had to perform an angioplasty.
Other than for health reasons, the actor told People (per TV Guide) in 2010 that he also changed his lifestyle is because he was "sick of being fat on camera." He explained, "Really, I just got sick of it. Once I started losing weight, again, like once I started dropping a couple pant sizes, then it was easy 'cause once you see the results, then you don't wanna stop." He added, "It sucks being fat ... I was diabetic with Type-2 diabetes."
One of the benefits of Carey's 100-pound weight loss was getting rid of his diabetes. "I'm not diabetic anymore. No medication needed," he told People.
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