Bella Hadid
Supermodel Bella Hadid stunned fans when she made the announcement in Glamour magazine in 2016 that was was suffering from Lyme Disease. When describing her experience with the condition, she said: “it starts with brain fog; for a while, I couldn’t put sentences together.”
She shared that it was difficult for her to cope with the condition as she was expected to constantly travel for work, which is already exhausting, but became almost unbearable. However, she chose to push through it.
Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne ruled the music scene in the early 2000’s. The pop-punk star opened up about the fact that when she was 30, she was diagnosed with Lyme disease. Doctors struggled to cure her, and she was sadly bedridden for two years.
In an interview with Billboard Magazine, she shared: “I don’t want to talk about it. I don’t want to relive it, but it’s my responsibility.” She also said that she that her body betrayed her and she felt “gaslighted and trapped” in it.