Sean Hayes recounts health scare: 'My small intestine burst'

Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Sean Hayes was rushed to the hospital this month after his "small intestine burst open."

The 47-year-old actor said on Wednesday's episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show that he had emergency surgery after experiencing "excruciating pain" in his abdomen.

"I went to bed at night and all of the sudden I felt this excruciating pain in my stomach, so I went to the ER," Hayes recounted. "Thank God I did. I had a very rare thing where my small intestine burst open and it was poisoning my body."

"They went in there and they clipped off the bad part and put it back together," he said of the procedure. "Two, three weeks ago, maybe. Isn't it amazing? They go right in your stomach ... through your belly button."

Hayes was supposed to appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show earlier this month, but postponed his visit due to the surgery. He met the cast of the Netflix series Stranger Things while filming his Ellen episode Wednesday.

"Hanging with the AHmazing cast of @strangerthingstv backstage at @theellenshow today. @finnwolfhardofficial @gatenm123 @therealcalebmclaughlin @noahschnapp," he captioned a photo of himself with the actors.

Hayes plays Jack McFarland on the NBC series Will & Grace, which was revived in January for a ninth season that premiered in September. He told DeGeneres it's "great" to be working again with the same cast and crew.