--- title: Ken Jeong Stops Show to Help Woman Having a Seizure description: The comedian assisted the woman until an ambulance arrived and took her to the hospital canonical: https://time.com/5268860/ken-jeong-comedy-show-seizure/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-05-08T03:26:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T20:12:21.503Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Ken Jeong Stops His Show to Help Woman Having A Seizure og:description: The doctor-turned-actor assisted the woman until an ambulance arrived og:url: https://time.com/5268860/ken-jeong-comedy-show-seizure/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ee9b5c9ea77dd5f/69892fc0cf40a82518c4c251/gettyimages-642157860.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Emily Estefan, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila And Ken Jeong Visit "Extra" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Ken Jeong Stops His Show to Help Woman Having A Seizure twitter:description: The doctor-turned-actor assisted the woman until an ambulance arrived twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ee9b5c9ea77dd5f/69892fc0cf40a82518c4c251/gettyimages-642157860.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Ken Jeong Jumps Offstage to Help a Woman Suffering From a Seizure During His Comedy Show > Sponsored content. 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Worlds collided for doctor-turned-actor [Ken Jeong](http://people.com/tag/ken-jeong/) when a woman at his Saturday stand-up comedy show in Phoenix, Arizona, had a health scare. According to [TMZ](http://www.tmz.com/2018/05/06/ken-jeong-helps-woman-suffered-seizure-comedy-show-phoenix/), a woman in the third row suffered a seizure near the beginning of Jeong’s set. Although Jeong first thought the commotion was due to heckling from the crowd, he soon realized that it was a real emergency and dropped off the stage to help her, TMZ reported. “He couldn’t see what was going on with the lights,” audience member Heather Holmberg told _USA Today_. “He was playing with them from the stage for a second, and it was like, ‘No, no, no. We need you!’ He realized there was an issue, and he came over. It was a moment where time stands still. Someone was having a crisis. There was a hush over the room.” The 48-year-old comedian assisted the woman until an ambulance arrived and took her to the hospital, the outlet reported. He then got back on stage to continue his routine, but not before the crowd thanked him with a round of applause. Jeong’s rep also confirmed the incident to _USA Today_. Holmberg also reflected on Jeong’s heroic act [on Twitter](https://twitter.com/TippedHatEnt/status/992994192061186049?tfw%5Fcreator=Zach%20Seemayer%E2%80%8D&tfw%5Fsite=etnow&ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref%5Furl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etonline.com%2Fken-jeong-jumps-off-stage-to-help-woman-having-seizure-during-his-stand-up-set-101727). “A woman had a medical emergency during the show. Ken thinks its heckling, when people are asking for his help. He jumps off stage to assist. An EMT helped, too,” she wrote. “Then on with the show! Great night! He is gracious and grateful…AND flipping funny!” Jeong [earned a medical degree](http://people.com/tv/ken-jeong-i-was-an-intense-doctor-before-i-became-an-actor/) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and is still a licensed physician. “I was so intense as a doctor, and I was always stressed out, patients were surprised I did stand-up comedy on the side,” told critics at ABC’s summer press tour in 2015. His experience in the medical field has transitioned to some of his acting roles, starring in the short-lived ABC sitcom _Dr. Ken_ and playing a doctor in the 2007 film _Knocked Up._ [_This article_](http://people.com/movies/ken-jeong-aids-audience-member-suffering-seizure-standup-show/) _originally appeared on_ [People.com](http://People.com). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5268860/ken-jeong-comedy-show-seizure/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5268860/ken-jeong-comedy-show-seizure/"},"headline":"Ken Jeong Jumps Offstage to Help a Woman Suffering From a Seizure During His Comedy Show","datePublished":"2018-05-08T03:26:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T20:12:21.503Z","description":"The comedian assisted the woman until an ambulance arrived and took her to the hospital","url":"https://time.com/5268860/ken-jeong-comedy-show-seizure/","keywords":["celebrities","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ee9b5c9ea77dd5f/69892fc0cf40a82518c4c251/gettyimages-642157860.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Stephanie Petit / People"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ee9b5c9ea77dd5f/69892fc0cf40a82518c4c251/gettyimages-642157860.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Emily Estefan, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila And Ken Jeong Visit \"Extra\"","caption":"Emily Estefan, Akbar Gbaja-Biamila And Ken Jeong Visit \"Extra\"","creditText":"Noel Vasquez—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5268860/ken-jeong-comedy-show-seizure/","name":"Ken Jeong Jumps Offstage to Help a Woman Suffering From a Seizure During His Comedy Show"}}]}] ```