Duane "Dog" Chapman Discusses Health Scare — ‘I Had A Broken Heart’

He told Denver, Colo. news station KDVR that he had “chest pain,” “couldn’t breathe” and felt like he had run three or four miles” when he asked his assistant to drive him to the hospital near his Castle Rock, Colo., home. While a heart attack was suspected, that was apparently ruled out. Further tests are pending to the root of his troubles — and are scheduled for Thursday and Friday.

The chest pain “feels much better now,” Chapman reported. “I’m going through some psychological things right now so that doesn’t help.”

He continued, “There's something haywire or it's psychological. I don't know. I guess things happen like that.”

Chapman could barely get out the words that followed: “Basically, I had a broken heart,” he told the reporter. “Of course, it’s gonna heal, so...”