Balmain creative director Olivier Rousteing has been out of the spotlight for the better part of the last year. On Sunday, the designer revealed the very private and painful battle he’s been fighting for his own health that has kept him out of the public eye. “I finally feel ready to share this.
I’ve been hiding this for too long and it’s time for you to know,” he wrote in an Instagram post. “Exactly a year ago, the fireplace inside my house exploded.” The fashion director didn’t get into specifics on the circumstances of the accident, but he applauded and thanked the medical staff at the Paris hospital at which he recovered for giving him such good care during the height of COVID.
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