Jim Carrey reveals his reaction when he was told he has 10 minutes left to live

Hollywood actor Jim Carrey has been making the world laugh with his iconic comedic roles for decades but his personal life seems to have been just as thrilling as his reel world.

The actor in an interview on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon recalled how he once had a near-death experience when he received a missile alert in Hawaii in 2018.

The Truman Show actor revealed that his reaction to the news was something he used for the cover of his new book Memoirs and Misinformation.

“That cover is actually my face after being told that I had 10 minutes to live. And that’s for real. A fake missile alert in Hawaii. I was there. I was writing. My assistant Linda called me, she was crying, she said, ‘We have 10 minutes left.’ I said, ‘What do you mean?’ She said, ‘The missiles are coming’,” said the 58-year-old.

“I couldn’t get off the island. The question was posed — should we all try to get together? I said, ‘I don’t want to die in my car.’ And we had to say goodbye.”

“I just decided to go through a list of gratitudes. Honest to God, I just could not stop thinking of wonderful things that have happened to me and blessings that I’ve had. It was lovely. And I got to a point of grace with about two minutes to spare when I found out it wasn’t actually happening. And all I was planning to do was close my eyes and be thankful because it’s been a good ride,” he recalled.

Back in January 2018, people in Hawaii had received a cellphone alert saying: “Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. Seek immediate shelter. This is not a drill.”

However, later it was clarified by officials that it “part of the drill” and a false alarm.

Fallon asked Carrey how he reacted after finding out it has been a false alarm and he responded saying: “Then I got pissed off and heads rolled!”