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Ty Pennington Jokes He Had to ‘Almost Die’ to Get 'So Much Attention'

Ty Pennington joked that it’s ‘great’ to ‘almost die,’ noting that he got ‘so much’ attention after his July 2023 throat surgery

Pennington shared photos of himself in the hospital via Instagram in July 2023, noting that his surgery took place two days after he attended the Los Angeles premiere of Barbie. Two neighbors, two homes, two renovated rooms and a team of interior design experts made up TLC’s Trading Spaces reality TV show. “I think we all want to make sure we’ve done things to be remembered,” he said of the competition series, in which HGTV renovation stars face off against each other trying to add the most value to identical properties.

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