Britney Spears' ex-husband Kevin Federline rushed to hospital

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Kevin Federline has been hospitalised following a heart attack scare.

Britney Spears' ex-husband was shooting scenes for weight loss TV show, Excess Baggage, in Australia when the 33-year-old reportedly called paramedics - after suffering chest pains and a “roaring pulse.”

OK! magazine report Kevin was seen to by paramedics and then taken to hospital in an ambulance to be treated for "the first signs of a minor cardiac arrest".

The former dancer - who previously passed out when he experienced “heat stress” during the show's first episode - was given an ECG and is being closely monitored after a number of blood tests.

A spokesperson for Australia's Channel Nine commented: “Kevin was at Doonside with the [Giants], completing an AFL-related challenge.

“He did his challenge, which was running and catching the ball, then while his [in-series weight-loss partner] was taking the same challenge, he reported chest pains and a racing heart.

“Obviously on this show we have a lot of paramedics on standby and they treated him for the first signs of a minor cardiac arrest, called an ambulance and had him taken to hospital.”