Judy Sheindlin has seen more than her fair share of eye-opening court battles but nothing could have prepared her for what happened to her during one of her live shows.
The Judge Judy star - who is now at the helm of her show Judy Justice which streams on Amazon - believed she suffered a mini-stroke in front of her audience in 2011.
Judy opened up about the scary moment while talking to Good Morning America and admitted she thinks she had a transient ischemic attack (TIA).
According to the New York Post, Judy told GMA: "The people that watched me for 15 years noticed something was wrong, and without asking - which was probably a very smart thing, because I would have said, 'Don't go there' - they called paramedics."
The star, 80, reportedly started "asking questions in slow motion," which alerted producers to call an ambulance.
Judy's doctors thought she might have had a mini-stroke, however, she said: "Turned out to be I was fine. I'm not sure whether I had one of those TIA experiences, and they go away."
Thankfully, Judy, hasn't experienced any more episodes and remains in good health - and even has a new show. .
© Getty ImagesWhen asked if she was planning on retiring from her TV career, she added: "I'm not tired. I don't play golf or tennis. I have no desire to learn how to play mahjong, chess or checkers.
"I know what I like to do. Why, at my stage in life, would I try to find something else when I already know what I like?"
Off-screen, Judy also has a happy home life and will celebrate 46 years of marriage to her husband, Jerry Sheindlin, this year.
They briefly divorced for a year in the early years of their marriage but reunited and have been happy together ever since.
© Photo: Getty ImagesJudy was married to her first husband Ronald Levy in 1964 and the pair had two children. Judy put her budding legal career on hold to become a stay-at-home mom. But when she chose to return to work, Ronald reportedly did not support her and viewed her job as a "hobby and there came a time where I resented that," Judy told Fox News.
The pair divorced and she later met Jerry in 1976 at a New York bar. At the time, he was married but separated from his wife. The no-nonsense, then-New York prosecutor told Jerry, a defence attorney, not to call her again until he had filed
Judy and Jerry married in 1977 and welcomed three children together.
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