Adele Breaks Her Silence about Throat Surgery

(The New York Post) - Adele said 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 told Anderson Cooper for CBS's "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," Adele said. "It felt like something popped in my throat."

At the time, Adele explained the tour cancellation 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."

She told Cooper that she "had laser surgery. [They] put lasers down your throat, cut off the polyp and kind of laser your hemorrhage back together and fix it."

Adele said that the recovery was far more difficult for her than the surgery itself, because the normally outspoken star had to remain perfectly silent.

She thanked 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 said. "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 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.

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