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LeAnn Rimes shares hardcore update on life: ‘Raw’
LeAnn Rimes has given fans an unflinchingly honest update on her health, describing herself as “raw” in a candid Substack post published on Tuesday, 12 May.
The country singer, 43, has been off the road after postponing several concerts following a COVID-19 diagnosis that left her with vocal cord problems.
And in typical Rimes fashion, she didn’t sugarcoat any of it.
“My throat, my esophagus, my heart… hell, I even have a blister on my heel,” she wrote. “Oh, and I’m on my period, too. When it rains, it pours.”
Beyond the physical, Rimes described the experience as something of a forced reckoning.
“I feel like life has stripped me down and stripped everything back for the moment,” she wrote.
“This whole illness has been incredibly humbling. One minute you’re moving through your routines, checking boxes, handling what’s next… and the next, your body simply says, ‘No more.’ No powering through… no performing…. no pretending you’re fine …. just rawness.”
She’s currently three days out from her next scheduled concert, but her voice is still recovering and her doctor has advised her to rest. It’s a situation she knows all too well.
“For over 30 years, one of the toughest decisions and hardest inner battles I’ve faced every time I get sick and have shows scheduled is deciding whether to cancel/reschedule or perform, when I know good and well that performing while still half sick is not in my best interest in the long run,” she explained.
In the past, fear of letting fans down meant she pushed through anyway. That, she says, is no longer the approach.
“My health has to come first or I risk possible, real injury by singing on swollen and irritated tissue.”
What’s striking about the post is that despite everything, Rimes doesn’t sound defeated. Her energy is holding up, her thinking is clear, and she describes being fully present with her emotions, uncomfortable as that is.
“There’s no numbing, no muting, no escaping… just me, sitting in the middle of all of it. And while that has felt wildly uncomfortable at times, it’s also felt strangely sacred.”
There’s also a family dimension she touched on, without going into full detail.
A parent has recently had a stroke and is now in rehab, she revealed, and she praised her husband Eddie Cibrian for holding things together during what is clearly an overwhelming period for them both.
“Watching someone you love carry so much while you’re barely able to carry yourself is its own kind of heartbreak,” she wrote.
She closed the post with a direct message to fans who had tickets to the postponed shows, making clear the decision to reschedule was not one she made lightly.
“Every fiber of me wants to push through, show up and sing anyway,” she said.
“But at 43, I know that honouring my body instead of overriding it is the wiser choice… for my voice, my health and ultimately for all of you too.”
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Cardi B, Stefon Diggs get into fight soon after Mother’s Day PDA
It has been quite a week for Cardi B and Stefon Diggs.
Just days after the pair turned heads with a very public display of affection, they were caught in an equally public row outside a coffee shop and gym in Burtonsville, Maryland, on Wednesday.
Video footage that circulated online showed the Up rapper, 33, looking visibly agitated as she confronted Diggs, 32, who responded by leaning back against a car with his arms folded, seemingly unfazed.
At one point, a man accompanying Cardi placed a hand on her shoulder in an apparent attempt to cool things down.
The exchange, according to sources, lasted around ten minutes. TMZ was first to report the incident, with a source telling the outlet that Cardi was overheard directing the phrase “that b-tch is messy” at Diggs during the confrontation.
The timing makes it all the more striking.
Only last Saturday, Cardi made a surprise appearance at Diggs’ Diggs Deep Foundation Mother’s Day wellness event, where the former New England Patriots wide receiver was photographed kissing her on the cheek and wrapping his arm around her waist.
A source told Us Weekly shortly after the weekend that Cardi is giving Diggs “a second chance but is not fully committing to him.”
That rather delicate state of affairs may go some way to explaining the tension that spilled out on Wednesday.
The two had reportedly split in February, almost a year after going public as a couple, with their break-up coinciding with Diggs and the Patriots gearing up for the 2026 Super Bowl against the Seattle Seahawks.
The couple also share a son, born last November, which means that whatever their relationship status, they remain firmly in each other’s lives.
Whether Wednesday’s argument marks another setback or just the turbulence of two people still figuring things out remains to be seen.
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WHO says eight passengers tested positive for hantavirus
GENEVA: Eight people infected in the hantavirus outbreak aboard the MV Hondius cruise ship have tested positive for the Andes virus, the only strain transmitted between humans, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
“Eight cases were laboratory-confirmed for Andes virus (ANDV) infection, two are probable, and one case remains inconclusive and undergoing further testing,” the UN health agency said in its latest update on the outbreak.
Three people from the ship have died since it set sail from Argentina on April 1 for a cruise across the Atlantic Ocean.
Two of the victims had confirmed Andes virus infections, and the third is listed as a “probable” case, according to the WHO.
Hantavirus typically spreads from the urine, faeces and saliva of infected rodents.
There are no vaccines or specific treatments for the rare disease.
All known cases in the current outbreak were people aboard the cruise ship.
The case listed as inconclusive is an American passenger repatriated to the United States, who is “currently asymptomatic” and undergoing further testing after one positive and one negative result, the WHO said.
It maintained its assessment of the public health risk from the outbreak at “moderate” for those who were on the ship and “low” for the rest of the world.
The origin of the outbreak is still unknown.
The WHO says the original infection happened before the cruise, because the first victim, a 70-year-old Dutch man, started showing symptoms on April 6, while the virus’ incubation period is one to six weeks.
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What is "blue dot fever" and what does it mean for the music industry?
Major musicians from Post Malone to Meghan Trainor have recently struggled to sell out stadiums and arenas for their tours. It’s a troubling trend being called “blue dot fever” and has led to entertainers canceling some or all of their shows. Ash-har Quraishi reports.
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