Aretha Franklin has broken two ribs after a fall at her home in Detroit this past Sunday. The Queen of Soul has had to postpone some free concerts that were scheduled in New York next week, according to a statement from her office.
The 68 year-old suffered abdominal pain and has been advised by doctors to undergo further medical tests.
“I was very much looking forward to being in Brooklyn and having a foot-long hot dog at Coney Island,” she said in a statement. “Hopefully, I will get it before the end of August.” [ SOURCE: DETROIT NEWS ]
Franklin said she hopes to reschedule the New York shows for late August.
I hope you get well very soon Aretha.
I really hope she gets better, but she really should lay off the foot long hot dogs and get some delicious healthy foods–on a serious note because her weight is no where near healthy,but yeah..hope she gets better.
hope she gets better but DEAD at too bad she won’t get a hot dog in NY lol
Maybe now this will motivate her to lose some weight.
Speedy recovery Ms. Franklin.
um, so aretha ultimately thinks about the foot long hot dog she’s missing out on rather than the show her fans are going to miss out on.. smh, i know it’s a free show but damn. get better soon.
I’m sure that was just an excerpt of what the Queen said. Come on you guys. At 68, Aretha is happy how she is I’m sure. Leave her alone.
Geez Aretha, is food all you think about?? lmbo!!
Doctor: Retha we ain’t gonna be able to do nuttin bout this, you gonna half to heal on ya own.
Retha: Doctor! Kiss my Fat A**!
Doctor: Now Retha; you know it will take me all day to kiss yo Fat A**!
Doctor: Retha we ain’t gonna be able to do nuttin bout this, you gonna half to heal on ya own.
Retha: Doctor! Kiss my Fat A**!
Doctor: Now Retha; you know it will take me all day to kiss yo Fat A**!
I just wanna know who gonna put the catheter in? lol
i thought she was gon say she looked forward to seein them she gon say a HOT DOG! im DEAD over here!
The doctor needs to let her know she won’t be able to eat the broken ribs.
I hope she gets better but like others have stated before me,this woman can not be serious.She’s thinking about junk food (hotdog) and not about recovery and the concert? I just hope this lady focus on her health and try to get some help with her addiction to the wrong foods.But hey, she’s a living legend right?
DAMN- I ACTUALLY SAW THIS HAPPEN! OMG- ARETHA WAS RUNNING TO GRAB A BOWL OF FRIED CHICKEN AND FELL AND TRIPPED ON HER TITTY- I WAS LIKE DAMN! I THREW HER A TWINKIE AND SOME HO HOS AND THOUGHT SHE WAS OKAY-
HOPE SHE GETS BETTER SOON
How did she break her damn ribs? She has enough fat outside her rib cage to have provided a cushion for her fall!!!
……fat ass should be getting a salad!
I hope Aretha get well soon.
Get well soon ReRe. I was looking forward to see her @ Wingate.
As though her casket isn’t already on special order… Order me one too because I am DEAD @ getting that foot-long before the end of August.
Get Well Soon!
Get Well Soon!
“suffers broken ribs in fall…?” WTH! She should have simply carried her plate of ribs on a tray instead of in her bare hands, right? Oh wait…did I get that headline wrong? Naw, probably not, by the looks of it lately , Aretha STAY HONGRY!
Some of you are just ,smh.
Hey, she lives in Detroit. She probably gets to Coney Island once in a blue moon. I’m sure she’s doing her best…as best she can to eat less. So, a foot-long at Coney once a year ain’t the problem. It’s the constant diet of Detroit Popeye’s Chicken and Buscuits and the fact that she can cook a mean chickin Italiano. She only eats one peice of chicken when the whole chicken is cut in half.
Her favorite side-dishes are rice, green, spaghetti, mash potatos, beans, salad…and something for you. She loves her cheese burgers with the onions between the meat and the bread. The family holiday dinners began with glazed ham and canned yams. Aretha can use food to get a man, keep a man, and to get rid of a man.
So, let her enjoy her Coney dog when she’s in Brooklyn. You know the things we loved as kids: A corndog at the state fair or a candy-apple at the mall. A bowl of Jambalaya at the Mardi Gras. Shrimp and taffy at the Inner Harbor. Crawfish in Louisiana, lobster in Maine, salmon in Alaska, and don’t forget the crab cakes in Maryland. Clam chowder at Pier 39 in San Francisco. Mississippi corn casserole. Texas brisket.
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Get better Ms. Aretha, much love and you are beautiful.
yall are a mess! lol
s/n: judah, is aretha in the illuminati?
Get well soon Ms Franklin, and have another foot long for me.
Were the ribs ribs she was eatin or were they her bodily ribs. I’mjusaskin….
Get well soon Ms.Aretha. The true one and only Queen of Soul!
She must have been doing jumping jacks and one of those titties slapped against her ribs and fractured them
It is Wild-Out-Wednesday and ya’ll are definitely wilding out. I’m over here crying, laughing at these comments.
i see itz a lot of IGNORANT FUKKAZ on this site…SMFH…just as someone else said… to all tha stupid ass ppl on here: “this is only an EXCERPT”… aint no tellin wut she said before or after this specific comment…& this aint really for tha ppl bein silly n MAKIN JOKES (OBVIOUSLY), but for tha ones who ACTUALLY seem like they’re ANGRY & UPSET at this woman cuz she made a comment about wantin a FUKN HOTDOG… LMAO, GET OVER IT…ITS NOT THAT SERIOUS…
i am LMAO tho at tha FUNNY ass comments summa yal left (yal know yal aint right), NOT tha IGNORANT ones…
Some of you people should have more respect for this Icon. Although I will admit some of the comments had me in stitches!
She would probably look better without makeup…
SHE TRIPPED ON EHR TITTDAYS on her way to collect some pork ribs…and she’s lookin foward to a foot-long hod dog end of August….ROTFLOL..you guys are hilarious
Aretha Stay away from that table..
I believe she does deserve more respect then she is getting on this site. Yes, some thing said here have been hilarious, however….disrespectful!
@37 No offense taken, but she needs to have more respect for herself, her health and her craft. She is so morbidly obese, she cannot even turn her head on stage without getting winded. She wears tents with rhinestones on them. The only time in the last 5-10 years that she has not looked a HAM was at the inauguration, completely covered by a coat and a hat.
Iconic Aretha, the QoS, the slightly chunky one from 20-40 years ago? Aretha was the first to disrespect her.
@ 16, ATLANTAGEORGIA….I WAS THINKING THE EXACT SAME THING! LOLOL!!!!
ReRe has looked a hot pucking mess the past 2 decades. She also has the audacity to get mad when people call Tina Turner the Queen. A true Queen would take care of herself & her appearance. Nobody is asking Ms. Franklin to be a size 6 and have face full of botex. She actually has very nice skin if you look at the forehead & cheeks. It’s the sagging fat on her chin from all that excess weight.
SHE HAS SERIOUS FOOD ISSUES!!!!! HOW THE HELL U GONNA TALK ABOUT FOOD AND U BROKE TWO RIBS!!!!!!! SHE PROBABLY FELL BECAUSE HER ASS IS TOO FAT!!!!! THAT IS RIDICULOUS!!!!!!!
OH I DON’T CARE ABOUT HER BEING AN ICON!!!!! HAVE SERIOUS HEALTH ISSUES DOESN’T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH BEING A GREAT SINGER!!!!!! P.S.-THE COMMENTS ABOUT HER WEIGHT ARE TTTTTOOOOO FUNNY!!!!! YEAH I KNOW I’M GOING TO HELL IN A HAND BASKET WITH GASOLINE BOOTS ON!!!!!!!
Ya’ll are some rude, nasty, disrespectful people. How are ya’ll going to even fix ya’ll mouths to even disrespect someone her age. Ms. Franklin is old enough to be my grandmother in some of ya’ll cases (great) and ya’ll have the nerve to talk about and make fun of her like that. SHAKE MY HEAD, but trust, ya’ll day will come. The unconcerned ones are probably making fun because ya’ll felt she disrespected Beyonce, but to hell with that, Ms. Franklin is a legend, and THE QUEEN OF SOUL. Don’t get it twisted. HAVE SOME RESPECT!
Oh no! Get well soon!
when she said footlong hot dog,I just knew she was opening the doors for jokes.You know what,she is heavy,but I have never heard of her having any real serious health issues, at 68 with all that weight,that’s great. she have been big a very long time.
Please get well soon Ms. Franklin “Queen of Soul” and God bless.
I do hope she makes a full recovery but that hot dog remark was hot azz mess LMAO!! She know she was opening a can of worms there for all types of jokes.
MAMA,you need Liposuction, you are at a very unhealthy weight for someone your age.
UH,I don’t like her style!!!