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Bonnie McLaren

Jessie J rushed to hospital for scan after fears she had 'broken her neck' in car injury

Jessie J had to go to hospital for an MRI scan over fears she had broken her neck in a car accident.

The singer - whose real name is Jessica Cornish - updated fans on her health scare, which happened in China after she knocked her head on the roof of a car.

The star, 37, shared a video of Instagram of her climbing into a black vehicle after a gig, saying she “didn’t mind squashing in the back”.

But the clip then cut to the musician in hospital, undergoing an MRI scan after sustaining the neck injury.

Speaking later in the video, she said she couldn’t “move my head”.

The singer uploaded a clip of her undergoing an MRI scan (Instagram/Jessie J)

“I’m alright,” she added. “I’ll just have to take some painkillers and march right through it.”

Telling followers she thankfully hadn’t “broken her neck”, she added: “But I have really hurt my neck and my back.”

The singer is then seen hugging her young son Sky, who she welcomed in 2023.

In December, the 37-year-old opened up to Women’s Health UK about her diagnosis with early breast cancer.

The mother-of-one announced in June last year that she had been diagnosed with the disease, and her first surgery took place weeks later.

The singer with her son, Sky (Instagram/Jessie J)

In the interview, Cornish spoke about how she postponed her surgery that month so she could take to the stage at Capital’s Summertime Ball.

She said: “I feel guilty that not everyone who has to have cancer surgery gets that moment.

“There were 80,000 people cheering, not because I could sing well or wore an outfit they liked. It was: we love you, we’re behind you and we hope this goes well.

“We’re not handcuffed to having to sit down and be quiet and cry because we’ve got cancer.

Jessie J at last year’s Rolling Stone Awards (Getty Images)

“I’m going to sing Bang Bang as loud as I can.”

She said that she is speaking out about her diagnosis to “change the narrative” of handling illnesses privately, saying: “That ain’t me.

“Even when I had the miscarriage, I did a show the next day. I sat on stage and I was grieving – and that was the show.”

Cornish has battled with ill-health throughout her life, having been diagnosed with a heart condition aged eight, suffering a minor stroke aged 18 and having briefly gone deaf in 2020.

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