Julie Bowen in 2023Julie Bowen is opening up about a surprising health development that few fans knew about.The actor, best known for playing Claire Dunphy in the US sitcom Modern Family, recently appeared on an episode of the podcast Inside Of You with Michael Rosenbaum.During the interview, it came out that the host was on his way to a procedure after their conversation – prompting him to ask Julie if she’d had surgery herself. “I do have a pacemaker – I forget about it all the time,” she admitted.Julie went on to explain that she was diagnosed with sick sinus syndrome – a condition that, according to the Cleveland Clinic, “can give you a heartbeat that’s too slow, too fast or a combination of both”.Michael Rosenbaum noted that he has a “low resting heart rate,” to which Julie replied that she used to as well – but now her heart rate is set so it doesn’t fall below 45 beats per min