What sparked ABC star’s panic attack

ABC weatherman Nate Byrne has opened up astir the panic onslaught which struck him during a unrecorded broadcast connected the network’s greeting TV program, News Breakfast.

During past Tuesday’s show, Nate halted his upwind conception during the episode, saying that helium “occasionally gets affected by panic attacks” before throwing to co-host Lisa Millar to instrumentality implicit the remainder of the segment.

Speaking with Will & Woody connected the KIIS Network, Byrne described what happened successful that moment, what triggered his panic onslaught and however helium copes erstwhile they arise.

“The upwind partition is my blessed spot and originally, [I had] tally there, been retired of breath, was trying to power it truthful I could usage my bully presenter voice. And I deliberation I benignant of forgot however to respire decently successful that moment, starved my encephalon of oxygen a spot and it didn’t consciousness precise blessed astir that. And so, the adjacent clip I was astatine the partition was erstwhile I had a panic attack. In fact, that’s the lone spot it happens for me,” helium explained.

The ABC prima went connected to stock however helium dealt with the concern the archetypal clip helium ever experienced it during his career.

“After the precise archetypal 1 happened, I went instantly went to a doctor, got immoderate beta blockers which by chance, I was besides connected aerial connected the quality that night,” helium explained.

“And I’ll archer you however rapidly this medicine tin work. That morning, I had my archetypal panic attack, was incapable to spell connected air. That nighttime I was connected nationalist tv doing the news.”

After the panic onslaught connected Tuesday, the presenter reappeared connected the sofa with his co-stars, Lisa Millar and Michael Rowland, apologising for ending the upwind study abruptly successful lawsuit helium had caused concern.

“Sorry if I gave anybody a spot of a scare there,” helium said.

His sincere effect was met with sympathy from Millar, and the absorption of his co-stars was praised by viewers.

“Not really, due to the fact that you’ve been precise honorable earlier astir getting panic attacks connected aerial and it’s truthful large for radical to cognize that it tin hap to anyone,” she said.

“You gave maine a scare determination due to the fact that I though I’d person to decorativeness doing the upwind study and I’m nary bully astatine that!”