Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has been battling a congenital heart defect, said he recently had a pacemaker fitted after undergoing three open heart surgeries in the past.

“Last Monday, I had surgery to become a little bit more of a machine. I got a pacemaker,” he said on his podcast “Arnold’s Pump Club,” according to the New York Post. “I have to tell you, just saying this to all of you goes against so much of my upbringing in Austria, where nobody ever talked about medical issues.”

The former California governor, 76, said the outpouring of support helped him face his health struggles. 

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