Jessie J reveals she had a stroke @ 17

Jessie J is sharing more about her difficult health journey

The “Price Tag” singer, 37, was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome—a congenital heart condition—as a child, and this past March, she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

However, she’s recently shared her scary health challenges don’t end there. In fact, two decades ago, she experienced a stroke at just 17 years old.

“I just got my first record deal, and I had a stroke,” she told The Guardian in an interview published Nov. 29. “I was on the train, and my face dropped.”

She quickly visited her doctor, who told her she believed she had suffered a minor stroke and promptly called an ambulance. As Jessie shared, “I was in hospital for four to five weeks.”

And that wasn’t all—three years later, an accident left her with an injury that kept her from being unable to sing.

“Then when I was about to put out music in 2020,” she added, “I had a car crash and my larynx moved up and I couldn’t sing for a year.”

But as Jessie—who shared her breast cancer diagnosis in June—noted, her various health challenges over the years have given her the strength to fight.

“I’ve clearly got an addiction to being diagnosed with things,” she joked. “So maybe the cancer is part of that.”

That strength started in her childhood, where she credits her parents for helping her to believe she could do anything despite her heart condition.

“My mum and dad always did such a great job of not making that the definitive thing in my life and not making me define my character by my worst days,” she reflected. “That was amazing and has carried through to now.”

Jessie—who shares son Sky, 2, with basketball player Chanan Safir Colman—has previously shared that she hopes being open about her struggles will both provide comfort to herself and also help others experiencing similar challenges.

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