S CLUB singer Jo O’Meara revealed she nearly died after suffering from a strangulated bowel on tour in New Zealand.
The pop star, 43, was rushed to hospital back in 2016 when the blood supply to her bowel was cut off.
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Recalling the health scare on Scott McGlynn’s Celebrity Skin Talk, she said: “I got a strangulated bowel on a plane and I had to be rushed into surgery.
“It nearly killed me, to be honest. I was in hospital for a really long time.
“They wouldn’t let me fly home because I was so poorly. I then found out a trauma can help bring on adult acne, which I didn’t know existed until I had it myself.
“It’s so horrible as there is not a thing I could do about it.”
At the time, her PA Michelle Cindy Lazarus put out a statement after Jo was forced to miss gigs at the Aotea Centre in Auckland.
Jo was forced to have surgery after a series of other medical procedures had failed to improve her condition.
After the successful operation, Michelle wrote: “Jo is so happy this terrible ordeal is finally over and that she just can’t wait to get back on stage and do her thing.”
Last year Jo reminisced about her S Club heyday in an interview with The Sun.
While on the face of it life in the pop group seemed fun, there was a darker side lurking behind the singer’s smiles.
She said: “When I look back on it, I did put a hell of a lot of pressure on myself to look the best that I could, because I did sometimes feel like the ugly duckling of the group.
“I was never there to be the pretty one – I was just the one that sang the songs and it made me feel very insecure. When I had my back injury [while filming S Club 7 film Seeing Double In 2002], I turned to comfort eating and then I’d get in that vicious cycle.”
