Fans of Lil Nas X received some surprising news on Monday (April 14), as he shared a video on Instagram taken from a hospital bed. In the video, he revealed that he lost movement on the entirety of the right side of his face. “When I smile – this is me doing a full smile by the way,” Lil Nas X says while demonstrating the lack of movement on that side of his face, “It’s like, “Bro what the f— bro, I can’t even laugh right!!!”
He burst into laughter at the situation. Later in the same video, he cracks another joke about the situation while doing an extreme close-up of his face. “We normal over here…we go crazy over here,” the “Old Town Road” rapper says before falling into laughter again, with text reading “I’m so cooked” overlaid on the video.
Lil Nas X implored his followers to not be dismayed by the news with subsequent Instagram Stories. In one, he wrote “Guys I am OK!! Stop being sad for me!! Shake ur ass for me instead!!” That was followed by another story in which he shared a selfie with the caption “Imma look funny for a lil bit but that’s it,” topped off with crying laughing emojis.
Fans have speculated that Lil Nas X could be dealing with Bell’s Palsy, a nerve condition that is triggered by an infection or by stress, which causes paralysis to parts of the face. Other stars such as Cardi B and Justin Bieber have experienced the same condition. Prior to his hospitalization, he was doing promotion for his upcoming EP Days Before Dreamboy, which will be followed by his first full-length album since his 2021 debut, Montero. Other celebrities took time out to send him well-wishes. “Get well baby,” wrote actress Taraji P. Henson. “Sometimes your body tells you to sit down somewhere. Rest up,” wrote comedian Wanda Sykes.
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