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NEED TO KNOW
- DeJa Skye says she practically died after weight reduction surgical procedure, opening up in regards to the problems on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 10
- The drag entertainer misplaced 60 lbs. after present process liposuction and a tummy tuck in Mexico
- A collection of well being points adopted together with excessive nausea, psychological well being struggles and blood clots in her lungs and legs that landed her again within the hospital
RuPaul’s Drag Race star DeJa Skye is opening up a couple of harrowing chapter in her life, revealing she “practically died” following problems from a weight reduction surgical procedure that led to a 60-pound loss.
The season 14 standout, recognized for her charisma and resilience, returned to the franchise for season 10 of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars. And within the premiere episode — which debuted Friday, Could 9 on Paramount+ — the 35-year-old actuality star received candid about her well being disaster throughout an emotional dialog with host RuPaul.
Skye went beneath the knife in late 2023, getting liposuction and a tummy tuck by a physician in Mexico. She beforehand instructed her followers on Instagram that whereas recovering from the operations, she needed to return to the hospital a number of instances, together with one go to the place docs found she had blood clots in her lungs and legs that had been stopping her from strolling.
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“It wasn’t an excellent expertise, if I am being sincere,” Skye mentioned on RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars, telling RuPaul she suffered “quite a lot of problems” from the process.
“My physique was like, ‘No,’ ” she mentioned. “It was loopy, like, I legit nearly died. And that was the darkest time, simply sitting within the hospital mattress alone and being like, ‘Why did I do that to myself?’ ”
That query is one thing Skye would not but have a concrete reply for. From her clarification, it appeared insecurities over the scale of her physique drove her to suppose the grass can be greener.
“If I am being 1,000% sincere, no one went to me and went, ‘You should drop extra pounds.’ I simply received in my head and I over-thunk [sic],” she mentioned. “‘Possibly it could assist my profession? Possibly it could assist my drag?’ And in actuality, I had all of it earlier than. It was simply… I nonetheless do not know why I did it.”
“Do I remorse it? I do,” Skye mentioned, in a confessional. “Clearly I am thinner, however I nearly died on that desk. And it made me understand that the voices in my head might be my worst f—— enemy, and I wish to do higher shifting ahead.”
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However that is simpler mentioned than carried out. In episode 2, which additionally dropped on Could 9, Skye opened as much as her fellow rivals Aja, Irene the Alien, Bosco, Olivia Lux and Phoenix that she nonetheless struggles to imagine in herself.
“I simply continually really feel like I am not ok. I simply do not know the place it stems from,” she mentioned. “I do not know why I am unable to let myself simply be blissful for myself. For some cause I simply care an excessive amount of what folks suppose.”
In her Instagram video posted in January 2024, Skye mentioned that her psychological well being declined whereas coping with waves of well being problems that stemmed from her preliminary surgical procedure.
“Going by way of it alone was a extremely massive wrestle,” she mentioned. “Psychological well being is actual. I’ve by no means been depressed in my life nevertheless it’s laborious to remain constructive. It’s nothing to snort at, it’s nothing to bat a watch to. I’ve by no means had nervousness earlier than. It’s simply… it’s extraordinarily tough.”
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Hassle first began in Mexico when her pores and skin started turning yellow. “I had to return to the hospital and get three blood transfusions,” she mentioned. “I had misplaced quite a lot of blood.”
Two weeks later, she returned to the USA the place issues continued to look. She was placed on blood thinners to deal with the clots docs discovered when she went to the emergency room complaining of shortness of breath and ache in her legs. Then there have been “a few days” she skilled extreme vomiting each two hours.
“I couldn’t catch a break,” she mentioned. “My physique, I suppose, is simply not outfitted for surgical procedure — which is perhaps one thing I simply didn’t understand as a result of I’d by no means gone by way of any surgical procedure earlier than. However it’s simply been one factor after the opposite.”
“My physique is simply going by way of an insane quantity of trauma,” Skye added. “Restoration is a really sluggish course of, and I didn’t take into consideration that, … Everybody I speak to is like, ‘It’ll be value it.’ It’s laborious to look to the long run if you’re in ache. If I knew it was going to be like this, I might have by no means gotten the surgical procedure.”
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As for the surgical procedure itself, Skye instructed RuPaul on All Stars 10 that anybody who considers getting liposuction and a tummy tuck ought to “completely do their analysis.”
“Go and see a physician and ensure your physique is able to these issues,” she mentioned.
RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars might be streamed on Paramount+. New episodes air Fridays.