Having become a star of social networks, this former candidate of the Star Academy had to undergo emergency surgery when she was to receive a prize from Héléna Bailly, last year's semi-finalist in the T1 telecrochet. She explained the reasons for her intervention.
Before being a content creator recognized on social networks, Jill Vandermeulen participated in the fifth season of the Star Academy. She was only 17 years old when she joined the cast of the TF1 telecrochet show. She was eliminated quite early in this edition which was won by Magalie Vaé. She revealed that she had painful memories of the program. Harassed after her elimination, she even confided that she had tried to end her life. After this experience, Jill was a columnist then a presenter on Belgian television, before devoting herself entirely to the networks.
Héléna Bailly (Star Academy) was to present an award to Jill Vandermeulen
This Thursday, December 5, the former candidate of the Star Academy was also going to receive the influencer / content creator of the year award during a ceremony organized by our colleagues from Ciné Télé Revue. This trophy was to be presented to him by Héléna Bailly, the semi-finalist of the eleventh promotion of the Star Academywho received the Belgian of the Year and Belgian TV Personality of the Year awards. The mother of four was unfortunately unable to attend. “I was supposed to go there with my little mother but the universe had another fate in store for me. I celebrate this victory from my bed with painkillers”, she wrote on Instagram. She actually had emergency surgery on her left breast. In her vlog the day before, Jill had explained to her subscribers that she was feeling pain in her chest. “Tomorrow I have an appointment at the hospital because I have extreme pain in my left breast, which is not the one that was initially problematic. It really hurts horribly. It is very swollen, it is very “I'm feeling a bit feverish, a bit flu-like, which isn't cool at all. It freaks me out a bit, I admit.” she had indicated.
-Why did Jill (Star Academy) have to have emergency surgery?
In the comments of her vlog, Jill gave her subscribers some news. “I had emergency surgery this morning for an acute breast complication.. The surgeon also made the decision to change the positioning of the two prostheses and finally place them behind the muscle. As I write to you, I am coming out of my anesthesia and I am in a lot of pain.” she wrote, noting that she was going to slow down a bit in the coming days.
