Phil Collins Updates Fans on Health, 24-Hour Care, and Knee Surgeries
Phil Collins has given an update on his health revealing that he has had a “difficult, frustrating few years”.
The former Genesis drummer was speaking in a new interview with Zoe Ball on BBC’s Eras podcast, wich is due to drop on on BBC Sounds and BBC iPlayer at 6am next Monday (January 26).
Last year Collins shut down unfounded rumours that he was being placed under hospice care and “on his deathbed”. It is indeed unclear where the rumours originated, and no evidence was shared to support the claims.
At the time Collins’ team said he had been hospitalised for knee surgery.
Now, he has confirmed that was the case telling Ball: “You know, I have a 24-hour live-in nurse to make sure I take my medication as I should do. I’ve had challenges with my knee… I had everything that coudl go wrong with me, did go wrong with me.”
Collins went on to reveal that he has undergone five surgeries on his knee and now has one “that works” and “I can walk, albeit with assistance, you know, crutches or whatever”.
He has been suffering from health issues in recent years, following a spinal injury back in 2007.At Genesis’ final shows in 2022, he performed from a chair while his son Nic took on drum duties.
Collins also revealed that he recently celebrated two years of sobriety, adding: “It’s just been a difficult, interesting, frustrating last few years… but it’s alright now.”
He went on: “I enjoyed coming off tour. Coming off the road… I thought,