Gal Gadot vividly recounted her harrowing experience of losing two senses due to a life-threatening blood clot in her brain while eight months pregnant. "The headaches were relentless, absolutely debilitating," she reminisced during Tuesday's segment of "The Drew Barrymore Show," her voice resonating with the gravity of the moment. "Confined to my bed, I was plunged into a void of silence and darkness," she continued, illustrating how she'd spend entire days reclined, a heated compress pressed against her temples.
The Israeli actress lamented that her escalating symptoms were initially dismissed by multiple doctors and neurologists as mere "vicious migraines." "Be your own health advocate, always," Gadot urged the audience, her words brimming with urgency. "Tune in to your body's whispers, fight for your wellbeing. Even if you end up over-cautious, it's okay. It's better to be safe than sorry."
Her heartfelt plea was met with a resounding ovation, paving the way for her to disclose how she eventually "dashed" to a hospital, where she received the shocking diagnosis of a "severe brain clot." "Had I opted for a natural childbirth, I wouldn't be here today," she added, revealing that she harbored three clots in total. "That day, I faced my mortality head-on. If I'd been more informed, they could have simply prescribed blood thinners and avoided this crisis," she reflected, her tone tinged with a hint of retrospective relief.
Gadot shared that her delivery occurred "within a blink of two hours" after receiving the clot diagnosis. In March 2024, she joyfully announced on Instagram the arrival of her fourth child, a daughter named Ori, captioning a tender snapshot, "Welcome, my precious angel. This pregnancy was a rugged journey, but we conquered it together."
While Gadot remained tight-lipped about her ordeal at the time, she later unveiled the "chilling reality" in a December 2024 Instagram Story. "In February, during my eighth month of pregnancy, a massive blood clot was detected in my brain," she penned, part of a poignant testament to her resilience. "Today, I stand fully healed, overwhelmed with gratitude for the life I've been granted anew."
Besides Ori, Gadot also dotes on Alma, 13, Maya, 7, and Daniella, 3, all with her husband, Jaron Varsano. Recently, Gadot has found herself at the epicenter of rumor mill regarding a feud with her "Snow White" co-star, Rachel Zegler. A source informed People that the purported rift was partly fueled by Gadot's status as a "mother of four." The insider revealed that the duo shared "little in common," while another attributed their estrangement to their "vast age difference and starkly contrasting political ideologies."
A source summed it up bluntly, "They're not friends... They worked together, and that's the extent of it."
