8. She’s suffered from back problems since she was a teen
At 15, she slipped a disc from sneezing. More recently, she slipped her L6. She’s dealt with it by strengthening her core but still has flare-ups, like at a 2023 Las Vegas show when she collapsed and had to be picked up due to severe sciatic pain.
9. She was accused of cultural appropriation
On Instagram, Adele wore Bantu knots and a Jamaican flag at an outdoor party celebrating Carnival in Notting Hill. She was accused of culturally appropriating the hairdo, and told Vogue in 2021 that she saw why people thought that, and she should have been more aware, but decided not to take the photo down as a way to hold herself accountable for her actions.
10. Cancer took her father’s life
Adele’s father abandoned her, and they had a complicated relationship, but the two had reconciled by the time he passed away in 2021 from cancer. She made peace with him after her divorce, saying that her own breakup humanized her parents for her. She even played her album for him over a video call a week before he died.
