{"id":23742,"date":"2026-08-15T21:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T21:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=23742"},"modified":"2026-08-15T21:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T21:28:17","slug":"courtney-love-says-she-almost-died-in-secret-illness-lost-her-hair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=23742","title":{"rendered":"Courtney Love says she almost died in secret illness, lost her hair"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Courtney Love is revealing a health battle she kept private for years.<\/p>\n

The Hole singer, 62, shared an update about her long-awaited new album, explaining that the record took shape during a period when she was frequently hospitalized and believed it could be her final work.<\/p>\n

“I went to England in 2019 and when I went there, you know, my body just exploded,” Love said in an Instagram video. “It just exploded. And I was in hospitals a lot. I almost died, I lost all my hair. I was about 100 pounds. And they told me I was going to die, and I didn\u2019t believe them.”<\/p>\n

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Courtney Love revealed she was hospitalized repeatedly starting in 2019 and nearly died.<\/span> (Julien Hekimian \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Love did not identify the illness or illnesses she was battling, but said she ultimately recovered after refusing to accept the prognosis she had been given.<\/p>\n

The singer connected that determination to a memory from childhood, describing a tendency to challenge what adults told her was true.<\/p>\n

“When I was a kid \u2014 and I think this record is about this \u2014 I used to pattern interrupt the adults,” she said. “They\u2019d tell me red was blue, and then I\u2019d see blue, but blue was blue, so now that I gaslight myself that maybe they were right, and red was blue, and then I would see purple, and my head would explode. Like f—ing cope with that s—, right?”<\/p>\n

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The Hole singer lost all her hair and dropped to 100 pounds during her private health battle.<\/span> (Edward Berthelot\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

She continued, “I never really lost my ability to see that\u2026 red was red. Despite them telling me that red was blue. And so, when they said \u2018you\u2019re going to die,\u2019 I just didn\u2019t believe them. And somehow, I got better. I\u2019m healthy, which is amazing.”<\/p>\n

“I just wasn\u2019t public about being sick. I don\u2019t want to be public. I\u2019m fine now.”<\/p>\n

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Love wrote her new album while she was ill.<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The singer said she wants to return to the road and perform again, describing music as essential to her well-being.<\/p>\n

Her new album appears to have emerged directly from the period in which she was fighting to recover.<\/p>\n

In an Instagram caption accompanying her video, Love explained that when she began making the record, she believed it might be her last.<\/p>\n

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Love originally rose to fame with her band, Hole, and as the wife of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain.<\/span> (Barry King\/WireImage)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“I wanted to give you an update on my record. When I made it, I believed this was my last record so I made the record I always wanted to make. I was in the hospital mostly but when I wasn\u2019t all I did was write & record it.”<\/p>\n

Love also thanked those who worked with her while she was dealing with what she described as trauma.<\/p>\n

The project would mark a significant return for Love, who has not released an album since Hole\u2019s 2010 “Nobody\u2019s Daughter.”<\/p>\n

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She closed her message by asking fans for patience as she prepares to return to public life.<\/p>\n

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Stephanie Giang-Paunon is an entertainment reporter for Fox News Digital.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n