Lil Nas X has been hospitalized after experiencing facial paralysis.
On Monday, the “Old Town Road” artist hopped on his Instagram Story to reveal the news to his fans from his hospital bed.
“This is me doing a full smile right now by the way,” he said in the clip, showing that he can’t move the right side of his face. “I can’t even laugh right, bro, what the fuck?” he said as he proceeded to giggle.
It appears Lil Nas is taking the incident in stride. In a separate post to his IG Story, he wrote, “Guys, I am ok!! Stop being sad for me! Shake ur ass for me instead!”
In another post, he shared a selfie and added, “Imma look funny for a lil bit but that’s it.”
Lil Nas provided an update on Tuesday: “I feel like it’s already getting better,” he said in an IG Story video.
Another clip from Tuesday shows the 26-year-old rollerblading shirtless. “It’s gon be okay,” he said.
In 2022, Justin Bieber also experienced facial paralysis, later sharing that he was diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. His health issues caused him to cancel a slate of North American shows during his Justice World Tour.
“It is from this virus that attacks the nerve in my ear—my facial nerves—and has caused by face to have paralysis,” he told his fans at the time. “This is pretty serious, as you can see. I wish this wasn’t the case, but, obviously, my body is telling me I gotta slow down.”