Tracey Emin was rushed to hospital in Thailand after her “small intestine nearly exploded”.
The 60-year-old artist – who was diagnosed with an aggressive type of bladder cancer in 2020 – was travelling back to the UK from Australia via Thailand when she fell seriously ill and was admitted to a medical centre to treat complications from an infection and scar tissue from her previous cancer surgeries – and Tracey says she used up one of her “nine lives”.
In a post on Instagram, she explained: “This is my first post in a long time. I’ve had shows , I’ve been traveling and I’ve been very unwell.
“Not cancer but horrible complications with my intestines bought on by an infection, scar tissue and made a million times worse by flying.
“My small intestine nearly exploded. Luckily for me I was in Thailand on my way back from Australia, so I spent a few days in a very good hospital.”
