Adele says that developing a polyp on her vocal cord last fall felt like “someone put a curtain over my throat.”
The British songstress has given her first interview since October, when she had a vocal cord hemorrhage and canceled the remainder of her tour to undergo throat surgery. Adele tells Anderson Cooper on “60 Minutes” that there was a precise moment, while performing on a French radio station, that she felt something was very wrong with her voice.
“It was like someone put a curtain over my throat … and I could feel it,” explains Adele. “It felt like something popped in my throat.”
At the time, Adele explained the tour cancelation to fans by writing a blog post that read, “I have a hemorrhage again and it is paramount that I rest … Singing is literally my life, it’s my hobby, my love, my freedom and now my job. I have absolutely no choice but to recuperate properly and fully, or I risk damaging my voice forever.”
Now, Adele explains the surgery she chose to undergo in layman’s terms.
“I had laser surgery,” she tells Cooper. “[They] put lasers down your throat, cut off the polyp, and kind of laser your hemorrhage back together and fix it.”
Adele reveals that the recovery was far more difficult for her than the surgery itself because the normally out-spoken star had to remain perfectly silent.
“It was really hard,” Adele says.” “I love to talk.”
Adele thanks technology for helping her through her silent days.
“I had an application on my phone that you type the words into it and then it speaks it,” she says. “But the great thing is I love to swear. Most of [the apps] you can’t swear on, but I found this one app where you can swear, so I’m still really getting my point across.”
Adele’s interview will air on “60 Minutes” on Feb. 12, in advance of the Grammys, where Adele will perform for the first time since the fall. The British songstress is up for six awards.