{"id":2482203,"date":"2026-06-30T17:22:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2482203"},"modified":"2026-06-30T17:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:22:22","slug":"cody-simpson-unable-to-walk-or-talk-after-horrifying-double-injury-ill-be-back-stronger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/cody-simpson-unable-to-walk-or-talk-after-horrifying-double-injury-ill-be-back-stronger\/","title":{"rendered":"Cody Simpson unable to walk or talk after horrifying double injury: &#8216;I&#8217;ll be back stronger&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Cody Simpson said he \u201ccan\u2019t walk or talk\u201d after suffering a horrifying double injury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe universe is serving it to me this year! An update on where I\u2019ve been: I\u2019ve been on and off vocal rest for close to 3 months trying to heal a damaged vocal cord,\u201d he <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaLqZd3kg0q\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">wrote on Instagram<\/a> Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe decided to operate to aid the recovery, then I dislocated my knee rehearsing for a new music video and we had to push surgery back to let my knee settle,\u201d Simpson added. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Cody Simpson (seen above on crutches) said he \u201ccan\u2019t walk or talk\u201d after suffering a double injury. <span class=\"credit\">Be Like Water Media \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cI\u2019ve been on and off vocal rest for close to 3 months trying to heal a damaged vocal cord,\u201d he wrote on Instagram Monday. (Pictured: Simpson on crutches.) <span class=\"credit\">Be Like Water Media \/ BACKGRID<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t walk or talk for some time now, and no singing or dancing for months to come.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former competitive swimmer, 29, said he has been \u201cpushing\u201d his body and mind continuously for years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m taking time to reflect and understand this for what it is: forced rest,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe album and live shows have to wait, but I\u2019ve got some work to share while I\u2019m down for the count. You can\u2019t hold me down! I\u2019ll be back stronger \u2764\ufe0f,\u201d Simpson concluded.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Simpson (seen above in a selfie) revealed he dislocated his knee while rehearsing for a new music video. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@codysimpson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The Australian singer said he was thankful he was able to record a few singles before his injuries occurred. <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@codysimpson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cLa Da Dee\u201d singer shared an image of himself walking on crutches and also shared a video of himself falling and hurting his leg during rehearsals.<\/p>\n<p>He also posted a clip of the doctor telling him he had to go on complete vocal rest for weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the injuries, Simpson said the \u201csilver lining\u201d was that he was able to finish some of his singles before he got hurt.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Simpson is walking on crutches (as seen above), <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@codysimpson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>In May, the \u201cLa Da Dee\u201d crooner announced he suffered a hemorrhage on one of his vocal cords.  <span class=\"credit\">Instagram\/@codysimpson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In May, Simpson revealed he suffered a hemorrhage on one of his vocal cords while recording new music.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSurfers Paradise\u201d crooner said the injury occurred \u201cdue to my overzealousness in the studio singing through a sinus infection I didn\u2019t know I had.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Simpson said he assumed he was feeling fatigued and kept coming to the studio until he could no longer sing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source pagesix.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cody Simpson said he \u201ccan\u2019t walk or talk\u201d after suffering a horrifying double injury. \u201cThe universe is serving it to me this year! An update on where I\u2019ve been: I\u2019ve been on and off vocal rest for close to 3 months trying to heal a damaged vocal cord,\u201d he wrote on Instagram Monday. \u201cWe decided [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2482204,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25177],"tags":[377745,24003,21787,381089,21800,22149],"class_list":["post-2482203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrities","tag-celebrity-injuries","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-social-media","tag-cody-simpson","tag-music","tag-musicians"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Cody-Simpson-unable-to-walk-or-talk-after-horrifying-double.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2482203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2482205,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2482203\/revisions\/2482205"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2482204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2482203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2482203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2482203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}