Connie Francis’s Unstoppable Comeback After Hospital Stay

Pour another espresso and buckle up—have you heard what’s happening with Connie Francis? The 87-year-old icon behind the 1962 classic “Pretty Little Baby” has been on a medical roller coaster just weeks after hip surgery, and I have ALL the juicy details. Officially, Connie announced on Facebook that she’d been moved out of the Intensive Care Unit into a private room—and if that doesn’t make you send her all the heart emojis, I don’t know what will. She thanked her fans for their “kind thoughts, words and prayers,” and trust me, there were LOTS of those; from TikTok to Times Square, “Pretty Little Baby” is back in a major way.

Just when you thought the Independence Day plans were set, Connie had to pull out of Bruce “Cousin Brucie” Morrow’s WABC 77 Fourth of July special due to “extreme pain.” In a follow-up post, she confessed she hoped to hit the airwaves after receiving hip treatment—and here’s the kicker: she’s been wheelchair-bound longer than expected thanks to a fractured right pelvis. Yet despite the setback, the queen of early ’60s pop is grinning through the pain, especially since her recording went viral on TikTok in May. Yes, SIXTY-THREE years later, “Pretty Little Baby” charmed a whole new generation, landing on Billboard’s Global 20 and Spotify’s Daily Top Songs USA—how wild is that?

Celeb heavyweights like Kylie Jenner, Timothée Chalamet, Ariana Grande and Taylor Swift even joined the lip-sync trend, making Connie exclaim in a June TikTok video she was “flabbergasted and excited.” She admitted to People Magazine that she’d had to re-listen to her own song to recall those sweet lyrics about flowers and bluebirds—something she hadn’t thought of in decades. Cue all the goosebumps.

While Connie heals, other stars have been dealing with their own health dramas. A Beverly Hills, 90210 alum revealed that a near-burst appendix led to emergency surgery earlier this year, calling it “not an easy process.” Comedian-actor Adam Devine opened up on the In Depth With Graham Bensinger podcast about lifelong pain from childhood injuries sustained when a cement truck hit him at age 11. “It’s been a nightmare,” he confessed, describing unpredictable spasms and doctors warning him things could have been fatal. Bachelor Nation’s Jason Tartick went on record about his back agony after crawling into the ER “on all fours” following an RV trip—he went from squatting nearly 300 pounds to struggling just to stand.

So there you have it: legendary comeback meets ongoing aches and unexpected TikTok fame. I swear, I could keep brewing hot takes on this all day. Whew! Time for a refill—who’s with me?

Sources: Celebrity Storm and E! Online, People Magazine
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