Judge Judy Sheindlin was rushed to an LA hospital yesterday after feeling “funky” on the set of her hit TV show.
Sheindlin, 68, was taken by ambulance to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she was held overnight for observation.
“I’m OK. What happened was I was in the middle of taping a show and began suddenly feeling a little weary or maybe faint,” Sheindlin told The Post’s Cindy Adams.
“I finished the actual case I was judging, but I just felt sort of funky,” she said. “For a second, my speech slowed and I almost experienced double vision.
“My executive producer wouldn’t let me finish the taping and called Cedars-Sinai. They took me . . . into the emergency room.”
Sheindlin, who’s been hosting the top-rated “Judge Judy” since 1996, tapes her show every other week at the Sunset Bronson Studios on Sunset Boulevard in LA.
She tapes 10 cases each day, accounting for five full shows.
Sheindlin was in her second day of taping this week and was between shows when she began feeling ill.
Her husband, retired Judge Jerry Sheindlin, was with her when she began experiencing discomfort.
“I’m actually OK now,” she said. “I think it was undiagnosed fatigue. Or maybe too many grandchildren visiting me at my home in Florida before I flew to California.
“I’m supposed to have flown back to Florida [last night], but they advised me to stay overnight and not go home until [today].
“So that’s what I’m doing.”
“Judy says all the tests are negative and she is going home [today],” Sheindlin’s spokesman said late yesterday. “She will be back taping her show on April 12 as scheduled.”
The Brooklyn-born Sheindlin — a former prosecutor and Family Court judge — is one of the highest-paid stars on TV, raking in an estimated $45 million last year, according to forbes.com.
“Judge Judy,” which has been TV’s top-rated court show for years, was daytime TV’s top-rated show, in any genre, last season — beating out perennial front-runner Oprah Winfrey to claim the crown with more than 6 million viewers each day, on average.
“Judge Judy’s” strong ratings have continued this season, with the show locked in a back-and-forth battle with “Oprah,” which is nearing its end after 25 years.