Adele reveals she has ‘jock itch’ fungal infection from sweating in Spanx

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Weekends With Adele” Las Vegas residency at Caesars Palace Colosseum that her doctor told her she had the fungal infection after sweating in her Spanx every night while performing under hot lights.“It is a bit crude but I never knew it existed,” she shared.“Me and my team were talking about it earlier.

Obviously when I do my shows I wear Spanx to keep it all in and make it all fit me,” Adele added during the show. “And I sweat a lot and it doesn’t go anywhere.

So basically I just sit in my own sweat. And my doctor gave me Jock Itch [cream].”Jock itch — also called tinea cruris — is a fungal infection on the skin that occurs in warm, moist areas, often in the groin, buttocks and and inner thigh areas, according to Mayo Clinic.The condition is common among athletes and people who sweat a lot.“So it looks like I am an athlete so I have to squirt it on myself,” Adele admitted. “I don’t know why the f–k I just told you that.”In line with her athlete comment, the “Hello” singer went on to make a joke about the Denver Nuggets’s star player Nikola Jokić.“Sounds like I am a big Nuggets fan there doesn’t it?

Jock Itch that is what it is called right?” Adele quipped.This isn’t the first time Adele has spoken about her health issues during her residency shows.In February, Adele — who has dealt with back pain for almost two decades — revealed to the audience that she had been performing with a disintegrated disc in her spine.“Is anyone else kind of my age starting getting bad knees?