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Adele's Throat Surgery Leads to Cancer Rumors, Reps Deny It

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Following last week's news that Adele will undergo surgery "to alleviate the current issues with her throat," as an official statement read, fans have taken to the Internet in droves to speculate about the nature of the singer's illness.

On Sunday night, #prayforadele and "Adele has throat cancer" became trending topics on Twitter, with rumors swirling about the 'Rolling in the Deep' hitmaker's condition.

Back in October, when she scrapped a run of U.S. shows, the British songstress wrote a lengthy blog post detailing her recent health woes. She blamed a vocal cord hemorrhage -- a painful condition that followed a lengthy bout with laryngitis -- for the cancellations.

According to Entertainmentwise, a rep for Adele said, "We would like to reiterate that Adele is to undergo surgery for a hemorrhaged vocal chord. All reports regarding any other condition are 100% false."

Of course, Adele's smoking habit has only added to the rumors, but Dr. Reena Gupta, the Director of the Voice and Swallowing Center at the Osborne Head and Neck Institute, has refuted that in a blog post. "Although she smokes, she is 23 years old," Gupta wrote. "Even if she smokes two packs per day, and has been for a decade, it is nearly impossible to develop smoking-related cancer at such a young age. Other cancers do occur in this age group, but not those that arise from smoking."

Sounds like just another example of the public's overactive imagination and gullibility.

Watch Adele Perform 'Rolling in the Deep'


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Domenico Novali

This is a cover tribute to beautiful song "someone like you"by Adele
We are an relatively young italian group(Our name is"AQBE") and we tried to reread it in a "baroque way"
this video is the result we hope it will please you :))

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=MFEaDZ5Y2tc

January 13 2012 at 10:12 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
vagnoir

I hope she gets back soon.

November 07 2011 at 9:02 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
cinderellaromba

23??? I thought she looks more like 33.

October 31 2011 at 4:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Glenna

She is Beautiful, her songs are Beautiful, her voice is Beautiful, Look where she is at and look where you sit DANNY, on a computer making critical remarks......JEALOUS?

October 31 2011 at 4:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
francoeger

Well Danny, I was going to tell you exactly what I think of you but then I would be lowering myself to your level, and I would have to take a couple of showers to feel clean again. !!!!!!!!!

October 31 2011 at 3:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sherry

lmao @ Danny. You are a sad little boy, aren't you? God Bless your precious lil black heart.

October 31 2011 at 3:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
wmt1956

can anyone say leave the Lady alone

October 31 2011 at 3:42 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
danny

Well, she is really fat. And um uh er I don't like fat chicks! And I don't like fat chicks singing boring highly over-rated songs like "Rolling in the Grease" or whatever its called. How about reporting real news?

October 31 2011 at 3:18 PM Report abuse -9 rate up rate down Reply
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georgene

wishing her all the best. I love her voice. I play it over and over.

October 31 2011 at 3:07 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
Michelle CD

Why is it that when someone is going to have surgery, immediately everyone starts thinking cancer? There are a lot of reasons to hve to go into surgery, other than cancer. She may have strained her voice box for all anyone knows.

October 31 2011 at 2:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply