Heart's Ann Wilson has been touring in a wheelchair and sling, which has made fans incredibly worried for her. Although she's pretty banged up, she's cleared the air for her concerned fans.
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The rock band has been touring and kicked off with a show in Las Vegas last weekend. Ann Wilson, however, performed in a wheelchair and with a sling, something that concerned fans. Fans may have been especially worried considering her recent battle with cancer.
Last year, Heart's tour was cut short due to Wilson's cancer diagnosis. She went through preventative chemotherapy, and thankfully managed to beat it. Seeing her in such gear only a year after a cancer battle is still rather worrying.
However, Ann Wilson has cleared the air, and explained that her prior cancer battle had nothing to do with the wheelchair and sling. In a recent episode of After Dinner Thinks With Ann Wilson, the singer explained that "it's not about cancer."
"It's about me being a klutz and missing a step, and falling into a parking lot."
Her fall resulting in her "busting her elbow in three places," she explained with a laugh. Her elbow had to be pinned back together, only five days before the tour.
Ann Wilson Explains That Her Wheelchair Isn't Needed, But Helps A Lot
"In other ways I'm perfectly fine," she continued. "I just don't have the use of my left arm right now."
"It's hard to navigate when you just have one hand and your other whole arm is in a sling," Wilson explained. Her injury has made it hard to balance, which is where the wheelchair comes in.
When singing on stage, the "pain level is still way too high" for her to remove the sling. As that impacts her balance, she chose to sit in the wheelchair so she can focus purely on singing, and not standing up straight.
"I'll be up and out of it after a while," she said after saying how the wheelchair is a "great tool." She commented how she believes wheelchairs are seen in a negative light in the rock world.
"It's looked on as some kind of an admission of vulnerability," she said. But it "doesn't have to be that way."
