Bob Odenkirk.Photo: Stewart Cook/Shutterstock
Bob Odenkirkis feeling the love on his birthday.
TheBetter Call Saulstar turned 59 on Friday, and was showered with well wishes from friends and fans alike for the occasion.
The milestone comes just three months after Odenkirksuffered a small heart attack— an incident his costar Michael McKean referenced while wishing the actor a happy birthday on Twitter.
“Happy birthday to our @mrbobodenkirk,” McKean, who plays Odenkirk’s brother on the hitBreaking Badspinoff,wrote. “Try not to scare us all like you did last summer and keep havin them birthday. xo from Nette & me.”
Meanwhile,David Cross, Odenkirk’s collaborator on the late ’90s HBO sketch comedy seriesMr. Show with Bob and David, joked that he had “rented a male clown stripperto come to set” as a birthday surprise.
“Please tell security to give him a drive on,” Cross tweeted, prompting fellow comedianPatton Oswaltto reply back: “Dave, I’m here 15 minutes early. Was someone going to come out and escort me in? The balloons are deflating and theNow & Laters in my pockets are melting.”
Actor Eric Hoffman, who appeared in Odenkirk’s 2017 comedy-dramaGirlfriend’s Day,marked the special day with a throwback photo of the two-time Emmy winner “doing what he loves most: pantomime.”
“Thanks Eric! I love our movie Girlfriends Day and love the silent stress of pantomime,” Odenkirk replied.
Stars such asTim Heideckerand Amanda Abbington also wished Odenkirk a happy birthday, with the latter calling the actor “one of the finest Bobs on the planet! He is majestic and truly wonderful in his greatness.”
Bob Odenkirk.Jesse Grant/Getty Images
On July 27, Odenkirk wasrushed to the hospitalafter collapsing on the New Mexico set ofBetter Call Saul, which at the time was in production on its sixth and final season.
“The Odenkirks would also like to thank everyone for the outpouring of well wishes and ask for their privacy at this time as Bob works on his recovery,” the statement continued.
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Days later, Odenkirk confirmed that he “had a small heart attack” and was “going to be okthanks to Rosa Estrada and the doctors who knew how to fix the blockage without surgery.”
“To my family and friends who have surrounded me this week. And for the outpouring of love from everyone who expressed concern and care for me. It’s overwhelming. But I feel the love and it means so much,” he tweeted on July 30.
source: people.com
