• Sen. John Fetterman has been hospitalized for a cardiac event.
  • The Pennsylvania politician was on The View two days prior.
  • The View producer Brian Teta revealed Wednesday that “he was supposed to be in-studio” but shifted to virtual.

Sen. John Fetterman has been hospitalized following a fall due to a cardiac event, two days after The View producer Brian Teta said that the Pennsylvania politician shifted his in-studio appearance to a virtual one.

The political figure’s official X account announced Thursday through a spokesperson that, “During an early morning walk, Sen. Fetterman sustained a fall near his home in Braddock,” a small town outside of Pittsburgh, where he was “transported to a hospital” in the aftermath.

“Upon evaluation, it was established he had a ventricular fibrillation flare-up that led to Sen. Fetterman feeling light-headed, falling to the ground and hitting his face with minor injuries,” the statement continued. “Sen. Fetterman had this to say: ‘If you thought my face looked bad before, wait until you see it now!'”

Alyssa Farah Griffin and Sen. John Fetterman on ‘The View.

ABC

The spokesperson added that the 56-year-old “is doing well and receiving routine observation at the hospital” and “has opted to stay so doctors can fine-tune his medication regimen” for the time being.

“Sen. Fetterman is grateful for the EMTs, doctors, and nurses who are providing his care,” the statement concluded.

Two days prior, Sen. Fetterman appeared on The View for a virtual interview that producer Teta noted on Wednesday’s Behind the Table podcast was initially supposed to be a live studio appearance.

“I wish we’d had more time with him. It was unfortunate,” Teta told cohost Sara Haines on the podcast. “He was supposed to be in-studio, but he had to do it remotely, instead.”

Entertainment Weekly has learned that Democratic Sen. Fetterman’s appearance shifted due to the developments in ending the government shutdown — his decision to side with Republicans on attempting to resolve drew ire from The View cohost Sunny Hostin during Tuesday’s interview.

“Why give in now? Why bring a butter knife to a gun fight? Are you willing to gamble that the GOP will negotiate in good faith once the government reopens, because if that gamble is wrong, half a million Pennsylvanians that you represent, their healthcare costs will skyrocket if you’re wrong?” Hostin asked Sen. Fetterman of his decision to side with seven other Democrats in advancing a vote to end the shutdown. “And I believe you are wrong.”

“I don’t need a lecture. I don’t need lecture from, whether it’s Bernie [Sanders] or the governor in California, because they’re representing very deep blue populations and a lot of those things were part of the extreme,” Sen. Fetterman responded, adding a question back to Hostin by saying, “Why have we arrived here after the election a year ago? We want to forget some of the things that cost us that election, and now, for me, that’s why I’m trying to remind people, the extremism, we can’t return to those kind of things, and realize we need to find a way forward.”

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Thursday’s health incident is not the first to have occurred during Sen. Fetterman’s political career. He had a stroke in May 2022 during his Senate run, and later announced that he was diagnosed with the heart condition atrial fibrillation in November 2022.

EW has reached out to representatives for Sen. Fetterman and The View for comment.

The View airs weekdays on ABC. Watch a portion of Sen. Fetterman’s appearance on The View in the video above.