Jim Cramer says he needed round-the-clock bodyguards after bashing GameStop during the 2021 meme stock frenzy that blindsided Wall Street and turned retail traders into a market-moving force.

The “Mad Money” host revealed the threats during an interview on Bloomberg’s “Odd Lots” podcast Monday, recalling that he was recovering from back surgery when GameStop shares went parabolic.

Cramer said he thought he was hallucinating when he saw the stock jump fourfold in days.

He pulled out his catheter and immediately phoned CNBC colleagues Carl Quintanilla and David Faber. 3

“[I] said, ‘This is ridiculous. Everybody has to sell.’ After that, it was 24/7 bodyguard,” Cramer said on the podcast.

He later called into CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” from the hospital urging retail investo

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