Glastonbury 2022 star forced to cancel performance due to emergency tonsil surgery

Doja Cat has been forced to cancel all her tour and festival plans in the coming months after requiring emergency surgery on her tonsils for a condition that she made worse by failing to take her medicine

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American pop sensation Doja Cat has confirmed she has been forced to cancel plans to perform at next months’ Glastonbury Festival due to a health problem.

The 26-year-old singer – whose real name is Amala Dlamini – is on the line-up for the 2022 festival at Glastonbury farm in Somerset.

But her position as a singer on the famous festival stage was thrown into jeopardy as she has had to undergo emergency surgery to her tonsils and she warns he throat is damaged.

The Say So singer is also due to play Wireless festival this summer and is also still supposed to launch her Hot Pink Tour which has been delayed since 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic – and also had plans to tour alongside The Weeknd.

Taking to Twitter on Thursday, Doja explained that she feared the worst.

She wrote: “Doctor just had to cut into my left tonsil. I had an abscess in it. My whole throat is f***ed so I might have some bad news for y’all coming soon.”

Doja went on to explain that she was being treated for her condition – but she forgot to take her antibiotics and the health issue intensified.

And she further aggravated her symptoms by knocking back alcohol and puffing away on a vape – creating a health crisis of her own making.

She explained: “My tonsils got infected and I was ­taking f***ing antibiotics but forgot that I was taking them.

“Then I drank wine and was vaping all day long and then I started getting a nasty-a** growth on my tonsil so they had to do surgery on it today.”

She added: “I cried and it hurt a lot but I’m OK.”

Following the op, however, Doja took to Twitter again to confirm that all of her touring plans had been ruined by her surgery – and to announce that she won’t be appearing anywhere soon.

She wrote: “Hi guys. I wanted you to hear it from me first.

“Unfortunately I have to have surgery on my tonsils asap. The surgery is routine but the recovery is going to take a while due to swelling.

“That means I have to cancel my festival run this summer as well as The Weeknd tour.”

She continued: “I feel horrible about this but can’t wait for this to heal and get back to making music and create an experience for y’all.”

She earlier announced she was giving up vaping as her throat health was hanging in the balance.

She tweeted: “I’m quitting the vape for a while and hopefully I don’t crave it anymore after that.”

Fans have been left devastated by the news of her festival cancellation.

One fan tweeted: “take care of that throat!! we’ll always be here.”

While another offered to sacrifice their own health, writing: “why god… take me instead take my throat.”

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