Adele spoke to her fans about her chronic back pain as she waddled across the stage during her recent performance in Las Vegas over the weekend.
The 34-year-old “Rolling in the Deep” hitmaker reportedly had a flare-up during her performance. She hobbled across the stage and explained to the audience that she suffers from bad sciatica, while she launched tee shirts into the crowd using a cannon.
One of Adele’s performances at the Colosseum at Caesar’s Palace, called “Weekends with Adele,” was happening on New Year’s Eve when the star jokingly said that she was waddling these days because of her condition.
While speaking to the crowd as she launched the tee shirts, Adele said that she had two more tee shirts, but she had to get over to the other side of the stage to launch them. She explained her walking style, saying she had to waddle nowadays because of her bad sciatica.
The British singer’s Vegas performances caused a stir after it was announced that her VIP tickets would cost an arm and a leg. Ticket prices range, but can cost thousands of dollars.
Caesars Entertainment offers a VIP package deal with perks and hotel, called the Emperor Package, which is about $5 million, leaving the jaws of many of the singer’s fans on the ground.
It is Adele’s first time opening up about her health struggles, as she previously talked about being in pain for more than half her life before her dramatic weight loss and how that helped her cope with the pain.
Adele spoke to Face Magazine in 2021, explaining how much her life had changed since losing over 100 lbs. She talked about the times she slipped several disks in her back. Adele recalled that she was 15 when it first happened, and she was sneezing. She said she was sneezing in bed when the disk slipped. The second occurred in January 2021, when her sixth disk slipped after a C-section.
She said that she had back pain for almost half of her life, and it flares up when she is stressed or sits in a bad posture. She explained that losing weight enabled her to run around with her son a little more.
Sciatic pain happens when the sciatic nerve gets irritated. The nerve is the largest in the body and runs from the lower back to the legs. The symptoms include a sharp pain from the back down to one leg, numbness, and muscle weakness.
Adele’s weight loss became a hot topic after her 2019 divorce and her reappearance in the spotlight. She said her weight loss helped her anxiety.
Adele split from her ex-husband, Simon Konecki, in 2019 after eight years of marriage. She started going to the gym and changed her lifestyle, including quitting alcohol.