Pink's Health Journey: A Look Back at the Singer's Ongoing Battles
Between her powerful vocals and her impressive aerial performances, Pink is a formidable presence — however, offstage, she’s encountered her share of health challenges.
The “Who Knew” vocalist canceled two performances in Tacoma, Washington in October 2023, citing “family medical concerns” that required her “immediate attention” via an Instagram statement.
Pink (whose full name is Alecia Moore) didn’t specify the details of the situation, but days later she postponed two additional shows in Vancouver, Canada, due to a respiratory infection.
“My physician has advised that I am unable to perform at the Vancouver shows on Friday and Saturday,” she wrote via Instagram.
Continue scrolling for a look back at Pink’s health issues over the years:
April 2020
Pink revealed that she and her then-3-year-old son, Jameson, whom she shares with husband Carey Hart, had recently tested positive for COVID-19. (The couple also share daughter Willow, whom they welcomed in 2011.)
During an Instagram Live conversation with her friend and author Jen Pastiloff, Pink said she and Jameson had been “extremely, extremely unwell” and she’d “never prayed more in my life.”
Later that month, the Grammy winner also spoke to Ellen DeGeneres about the experience. “It was frightening at one point,” Pink told the daytime talk show host during the virtual chat. “I’ve had very severe asthma to the point where sometimes I end up in the hospital. I woke up in the middle of the night and I couldn’t breathe. I needed my nebulizer for the first time in 30 years. I couldn’t function without it. That’s when I began to get really scared.”
Pink later disclosed that she revised her will when she had the virus.
“It was really, really bad. … I thought it was over for us,” she said during a May 2021 appearance on the Heart Radio show. “I called my best friend and I said, ‘I just need you to tell Willow how much I love her.’”
December 2020
Pink recovered from COVID, but the virus wasn’t the last health scare she faced in 2020.
“As if surviving covid wasn’t enough for this challenging year!” the Pennsylvania native captioned a photo of herself in a doctor’s office. “Well, I got my stitches removed from drying that wine glass, that went well. Then I recovered from my very first staph infection for no reason (cry for help?) (right knee was lonely?) so I thought I’d fracture my ankle!”
Pink added that she’d injured her ankle while “descending the stairs.”
November 2021
The “So What” musician discussed her ongoing recovery from hip surgery.
“It was a difficult first week full of tears and pain medication-induced depression, ulcers from the medication and constant fevers,” Pink wrote via Instagram before thanking her husband for taking good care of her. “He brought me coffee in the shower, carried around my 100 pound CPM contraptions everywhere I went, dried my tears, cooked me oatmeal, kept track of my medications, got me my phone charger, plugged in my compression machines, took my temperature, made the bed, and talked me off the ledge.”
Pink added that it was “humbling for a very independent person like myself to be rendered physically unable and reliant,” but said she was “learning the value of accepting assistance.”
May 2022
In addition to sharing updates about her physical well-being, Pink has also been candid about her mental health.
“I used to experience pretty severe panic attacks and I didn’t understand what was happening. I didn’t have anyone to talk to about it and I didn’t know what to do,” she shared in an Instagram video. “I would feel like I was having strokes, like, stroke symptoms, it was terrifying.”
The performer noted that after “a number of EKGs” showed that there was nothing physically wrong with her, she began strengthening her “spiritual toolbox” to manage the panic attacks.
“I started seeing a therapist, and then I started doing all these things,” she said, mentioning “full moon ceremonies for women only” and meditation. “I started learning all these steps on how to take care of myself. I’d never been taught how to take care of myself.”
February 2023
Pink told Variety that she gained 36 lbs during the COVID-19 lockdown and struggled to lose it right away due to “not just the hip surgery, but double disc replacement in my neck.”
Despite the lengthy recovery process, the songwriter said that she felt like the “bionic woman” post-operation and had since lost the weight. “I am stronger than I’ve ever been in my life,” she said.
October 2023
Days after canceling two Tacoma, Washington shows due to “family medical concerns”, Pink postponed two additional shows in Vancouver, Canada, due to a health crisis of her own.
“I am deeply sorry to share that I have a respiratory infection and my doctor has advised that I am unable to perform at the Vancouver shows on Friday and Saturday,” she wrote via Instagram. “Live Nation is working on new dates to reschedule the shows. I am very much looking forward to performing in Vancouver and putting on an incredible show for everyone. In the meantime, I wish everyone good health and am sending lots of love. xoxo Pink.”
October 2023
Pink reflected on the near-fatal overdose she had at age 16.
“Thanksgiving of 1995, I was at a rave and I overdosed,” she recalled during a 60 Minutes interview. “I was on — oh, boy — ecstasy, angel dust, crystal, all sorts of things.”
The pop star shared that the experience convinced her to stop using drugs. “Then I was out,” she said. “Done. Too much.”
Pink also discussed the circumstances that led to her “going off the rails” as a teenager.
“Basically, I grew up in a house where every day my parents were yelling at each other, throwing things, they hated each other, and then I got into drugs,” she explained. “I was selling drugs. And then I was kicked out of the house. I dropped out of high school.”
July 2024
Pink made headlines when she abruptly canceled a concert. She hinted that the reason was her health but didn’t specify what happened.
“I am so sorry that I have had to cancel my show in Bern this Wednesday,” she wrote via social media in July 2024. “I do everything I can to ensure I can perform for you every night, but after consultation with my physician and exploring all available options, I’ve been advised that I’m unable to continue with the show tomorrow.”
Alongside the message, Pink shared a black-and-white photo of herself on stage. “I was anticipating being with you and creating memories with you and sharing our show with you and am so disappointed that we have to cancel,” she concluded. “Sending love and health to you all, and I really hope to see you again soon. P!nk xoxo.”
December 2025
Pink gave fans a glimpse of how she celebrated New Year’s Eve by sharing a selfie from a hospital bed. “I am leaving behind all of my pain in 2025. This year was a doozy for all of us and it spanned from absolutely devastating to mildly annoying,” she wrote.
While reflecting on the year ahead, Pink shared that “paying attention to” her body was a main goal.
“It may not be a fancy facelift, but I am getting two new shiny discs in my neck. A new scar, a new reminder, that I appreciate this vessel that I have and use it for all it’s worth,” she added. “Rock ‘n’ roll is a contact sport. And as I sit here by myself on New Year’s Eve in a hospital room while my family is happily snowboarding- I know that 2026 is going to be better because that is the choice that I have made.”
