(NEXSTAR) – Just when he thought he might be out, Al Pacino says he was pulled back into consciousness during an earlier battle with COVID.

During a podcast appearance on The New York Times’ “The Interview” series, Al Pacino claims he once nearly died of COVID after having slipped into unconsciousness amid a bout of fever and dehydration.

“I felt not good, unusually not good,” said the actor, without specifying when exactly he fell ill. He then explained that he requested a nurse to come to his home, to treat him for dehydration, but he lost consciousness during the procedure.

“I was gone, like that,” he told podcast host David Marchese.........

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