Max George reveals first person he saw after heart surgery

The Wanted singer has revealed the first person he saw after his heart surgery.

In the first interview following serious heart surgery, Max George detailed the entire health incident to The Sun.

Admitting that "I thought I was going to die," the singer revealed his girlfriend, Messie Smith, was the first person he saw following the surgery.

George said that when the doctors told him that he would need a "pacemaker," the singer revealed the shocking news to his girlfriend Smith via WhatsApp.

The singer said, "I was in the right place and, as much as it was difficult not having her around, and her head was spinning, it was better for her to focus on her work. I had my family there."

However, following the three-hour operation of placing a pacemaker, the singer was delighted to see Smith.

He said, "The first face I saw was Maisie’s and I remember that being really nice — like that was the first time I actually felt like a real person again, and I had a heart."

"I had a proper heartbeat by then as well. My heart rate started just shooting up. So I remember feeling my feet going tingly, because I think obviously the blood started to properly pump around,” George continued.

He went on to say, “It’d been so hard being away from Maisie, but she climbed on the bed, obviously she lay on the other side of my chest to my op, and put her head on me.”

"We just had a cuddle for a couple of hours while I talked about football and we treated it like normal. I could feel butterflies again next to her," the singer added.