Adele Shares ‘Jock Itch’ Struggle After Sweating in Her Spanx
Adele revealed she has a yeast infection after wearing Spanx on stage every weekend.
“My tits are sweating,” the “I Drink Wine” singer, 35, admitted at her Friday, June 16 concert in Las Vegas. “Do you know what my doctor gave me? It’s a bit crude, but I didn’t know it existed. Me and my team talked about it before.”
Adele launched her Weekends with Adele residency at The Colosseum in November 2022 and its first run ended in March. She returned for a second run that began on Friday and will continue through November.
She usually takes to the stage in her iconic black evening dresses, but the shapewear under her costumes causes problems.
“Because of course I wear Spanx when I do my shows to keep it all in and make it all fit me. And I sweat a lot and it’s not going anywhere. So basically I’m just in my own sweat, and my doctor gave me Jock Itch [cream]. Do you know what it is?” Adele explained halfway through the show.
The native of England joked that given her condition, she felt like a really sporty girl.
“So it looks like I’m actually an athlete, so I have to spray it on myself,” Adele revealed. “I don’t know why the hell I just told you that. … I’m basically just talking to myself in front of 4,000 people.
The singer later advised her crew to turn up the airwaves. “Can you get my fans on the floor? Because I sweat like a dog,” she said.
Adele wears one outfit every weekend. “We realized that it’s more authentic for her to stay in one look,” stylist Jamie Mizrahi told the Wall Street Journal November 2022.
Adele initially commissioned 20 custom dresses for the first leg of her Vegas residency. Givenchy, Nina Ricci and Harris Reed added to her stage wardrobe.
To celebrate Pride month, the Grammy Award winner added a colorful touch to her look. She wore a black tailored dress by Christopher John Rogers made of heavy crepe, silk charmeuse and crepe de chine. The dress had a sweetheart neckline and was snug at the waist before flowing into her rainbow train.
Between shows in Las Vegas, Adele commutes back to Los Angeles where she is her old boyfriend Rich Paul is located. The two were first linked in July 2021 and have grown a lot since then. The sports agent was even spotted with Adele’s ex-husband, Simon Konecki, while last year I saw the singer of “Set Fire to the Rain” perform in London’s Hyde Park. The former spouses share 10-year-old son Angelo.