Hancock Reveals Journalist Targeting Him Before Potentially Fatal Heart Surgery

What was said

"This could be the last time I speak about myself, my work, because there's a chance that I might not make it off the operating table this month. And a journalist who has very bad blood towards me has been trying to publish a story on me for more than 2 years now, and it will come out in the next month or two, and I didn't want that to be the last word on my life."

Graham Hancock disclosed he faces heart surgery this month with a small but real risk of death. He chose to do this interview specifically because a hostile journalist has been preparing a hit piece for over two years that will publish soon, and Hancock wanted his own voice on record first. The revelation adds personal stakes to his lifetime of controversial archaeological work.