In a recent interview with Renee Paquette as part of Close Up With Renee Paquette, All Elite Wrestling star Britt Baker discussed several topics, including suffering a mini-stroke during her time away from the company, noting that she was in Orlando, Florida with her hair stylist when she started to feel ill.

“Something was off and the room was spinning, nauseous, sweating, something was not right, the hairdresser could tell right away, and of course, the first thing that came to mind was something with my neck. When I had the spinning and vertigo, it must be something with the neck, she hands me the water, I go to open it and this side just doesn’t work, my right side, it was numb, it was weird, it couldn’t work, we both sort of panicked at the same time and she’s like, I think you need to go to the hospital, and I said no, I’m okay, let’s just finish my hair, which we did, insane, we finished my hair.”

Baker said that her situation became worse and that she drove herself to the hospital, who took her in immediately.

“Over the intercom system, I hear them say stroke patient coming back, they tested some stuff, looked in my eyes and reflexes, everything, and put me in a wheelchair. The next thing I know, I’m wheeled back, they’re sticking needles in me, putting all the stickers on me to go and get tests, it was very quick, and then the next thing I knew, I’m in my own little room with a pamphlet on being a stroke victim. It felt like a minute had gone by since I was in the hair chair getting my hair done, and then admitted to the hospital for a week for a TIA, mini-stroke. When you’re stressed and overwhelmed mentally, emotionally, physically, you’ve got to listen to your body and chill the f*** out sometimes. I think so many of us fall into that, you know, we’ve got to go, we’ve got to keep going, we have to be there for AEW, for Tony, for the wrestling fans, for this and that. Every now and again, we have to be there for us too, we need to chill and relax.”

The full interview is available at this link.