Ben Napier’s shoulder surgery made him absent from Home Town after brutal injury
Ben Napier had to undergo shoulder surgery, meaning he was absent from the January 7 episode. He could only film the Home Town episode via a FaceTime call with his wife, Erin Napier. However, he “doesn’t remember” that call due to the post-operation medication he was taking, as told to People. Ben Napier’s shoulder surgery […]
- Ben Napier’s shoulder surgery meant he was absent from a Home Town episode.
- The HGTV star has fans asking what happened to him after Napier suffered an injury.
- Ben Napier was at risk of a heart attack before he embarked on a weight loss journey.
Ben Napier had to undergo shoulder surgery, meaning he was absent from the January 7 episode. He could only film the Home Town episode via a FaceTime call with his wife, Erin Napier. However, he “doesn’t remember” that call due to the post-operation medication he was taking, as told to People.
Ben Napier’s shoulder surgery
Ben Napier underwent shoulder surgery, which meant he was absent from the January 7, 2024, episode. He had to get rotator cuff surgery in March 2023, which led to a long road to recovery.
He told People the hardest part of making the new episodes while recovering from rotator cuff surgery earlier this year was “not jumping in to help” if someone else was carrying something heavy.
The new season captures a FaceTime call Erin Napier had with Ben while he was still on post-op medication. Ben responded, “I don’t know. I don’t remember this FaceTime at all because I was on drugs.”
What happened to Ben Napier?
Ben Napier had shoulder surgery after a brutal injury where he tore his rotator cuff. He has since had the rotator cuff repaired, bone spur shaved off, and his cartilage trimmed.
Before his surgery, Erin showed off a sneaky shot of Ben working on a home gym while shirtless. But as a result of the injury and procedure, Napier was not supposed to lift any heavy items with his left arm.
“When he had the surgery, that was the episode we were working on and after that it has to just not exist, cause it gets a little redundant to have shoulder problems in every episode for a season,” Erin told People.
Home Town star Ben feared a heart attack
Ben Napier has confessed that several of his family members have had heart problems, which motivated him to get in better shape to decrease his chance of having a heart attack.
His maternal grandfather died of a stroke when his mom was just 17, and both his father and his paternal grandfather have had open-heart surgeries. Ben started cutting carbs and calories, and done fasting.
He lost 65 lb on his health journey, which began in 2018. “Having Helen made me want to be healthier so I could be around a lot longer and see her grow up and see her whole life,” he told Country Living.
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