A METEOROLOGIST has provided viewers a health update after she passed out on live TV as she was about to start her morning forecast.
Alissa Carlson Schwartz, an anchor at KCAL News and CBS2 in Los Angeles, dropped to the ground on Saturday morning after her eyes began to roll into the back of her head.
In an Instagram story, the host shared that she had suffered a head injury and was briefly hospitalized over the weekend.
“I’m out of the hospital and doing okay,” Carlson Schwartz said on Sunday. “Lots of sleep and even some pizza.”
Carlson Schwartz could briefly be seen smiling after her co-hosts introduced her segment.
But it became apparent there was something wrong when the meteorologist slumped down onto her forearms on her desk before crashing to the floor.
The host received well wishes in the form of cards, flowers, some soup, and over 100 text messages.
“I appreciate all the prayers as I recover,” Carlson Schwartz said. “Thankfully, it’s not my heart this time.”
Before the program pivoted to a commercial break, Carlson Schwartz’s co-host Rachel Kim said, “not again.”
The meteorologist had a similar incident in 2014 where she threw up on air, the Daily Mail reported.
After that, doctors discovered that Carlson Schwartz had a leaky heart valve. They weren’t sure when it would wear out.
Since then, she has worked hard to pursue a heart-healthy lifestyle and is now a certified health coach.
The meteorologist and her husband Neil Schwartz had a baby girl in 2018. Carlson Schwartz said the infant’s stem cells have helped her valve repair itself.
That same year, she was named Mrs. California.
Carlson Schwartz was also the American Heart Association’s “Circle of Red” chairman between 2017 and 2019.
