Janet Devlin thanked NHS staff for caring for her after the incident (Picture: Twitter)
X Factor star Janet Devlin has detailed the injuries she suffered after collapsing in a hotel corridor while she was alone.
The Irish singer, 28, who appeared in the 2011 edition of the Simon Cowell show, which was eventually won by Little Mix, said the incident happened on Wednesday night.
She explained on Twitter that after the collapse she fell unconscious but was unsure how long for and ‘went to work the next day as normal’ until she started experiencing pain.
The musician also shared a picture of herself in a hospital bed with a bandage around her arm, as well as another one of her with a visibly swollen jaw.
Janet wrote: ‘I woke up with a swollen jaw and a really painful wrist. I thought I had an abscess in my gum and slept funny on my wrist. I was wrong.
‘I actually smashed my jaw on the floor and my wrist too. Luckily I’m fine. My bloods are normal. Nothing is broken. I’ll be getting a referral to look into the heart again. Oh and resting up!’
Janet Devlin appeared on The X Factor more than a decade ago (Picture: Rex)
Janet was mentored by Kelly Rowland on The X Factor (Picture: ITV)
Janet thanked the NHS and doctors, nurses and other members of staff who had cared for her in hospital, as well as her followers for their ‘lovely messages’, adding that she had now been discharged.
Get well soon, Janet.
Janet has previously opened up about her experience on The X Factor and claimed she was told by producers to appear more emotional.
Janet’s X Factor series was eventually won by Little Mix(Picture: Talkback Thames/REX)
She said: ‘I was being quite emotionless, which got on their nerves. They said how do you expect anyone to connect with you unless you let your guard down? Eventually, I cried. It was horrible.’
During filming for the show, Janet’s grandfather sadly died, which meant more tears on camera.
Janet has since spoken about her experience on the X Factor as a 16-year-old (Picture: Shutterstock)
‘They asked what happened, I cried and that was it. I needed to address it because the fact he’d passed away had already trended on Twitter,’ she explained.
It taught me that opening up sometimes isn’t necessarily a bad thing – but it’s a lot for a 16-year-old to deal with, to open yourself up to millions of people like that.’
Janet won the most number of votes on the show for four consecutive weeks – until she appeared to forget the words to Hanson’s Mmmbop, which sent her packing.
Janet went on to become a solo artist(Picture: Redferns)
However, she explained it wasn’t a case of amnesia and instead was the result of bile coming up through her throat mid-song after eating a ‘massive dinner.’
‘I felt a bit ill and when I was singing I felt bile coming up in my throat, swallowed it, and lost my place in the song,’ she said. ‘I just thought: “Please don’t throw up on national TV.”’
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Since The X Factor, Janet has produced three studio albums as a solo artist with the most recent, Confessional, released in 2020.
In 2021, she also released her versions of Elton John’s Your Song, Ed Sheeran’s Bad Habits and Kiss by Prince.
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Get well soon, Janet.
