Kelsea Ballerini’s fans are praising her dedication to her audience after learning that she performed a recent show while battling the flu.
The “Cowboys Cry Too” singer, who kicked off her very first arena tour last month in support of her 2024 album Patterns, admitted that she was feeling under the weather while onstage at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Mich., on Tuesday, Feb. 4.
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Despite falling ill, the 31-year-old country pop singer kept her concert date instead of canceling or postponing the show. In one fan-recorded video that later circulated on social media, Ballerini was filmed explaining that she is “a perfectionist” with a “crippling fear of letting people down.”
“So I’m going to give you absolutely every ounce of everything I have,” she concluded.
Fans who shared other clips from the concert online marveled at the “Miss Me More” singer’s commitment to the show and her fans.
“I just wanted to hug her so bad, you can tell she gave it everything,” wrote one fan on TikTok as they posted a clip on the video-sharing platform.
@opalrosecreativestudio This woman has the flu and still put on an amazing show! We don’t deserve you @Kelsea Ballerini 🩷 I just wanted to hug her so bad, you can tell she gave it everything. #kelseaballerini #detroit #fyp
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“I’m weak in bed with the flu and she’s out performing her hardest now that’s strength,” one fan commented as another person battling the flu shared that they have “been fighting for my life for 3 days my daughter is on day 6 of fevers it’s no joke” before adding of Ballerini, “idk how she’s functioning 😭.”
“Her poor body 😫 that’s so tough to keep pushing when you feel like crap,” one TikToker wrote as another agreed, writing, “i am such a baby when i have the flu, she is a trooper for that!”
Once Tuesday’s show was over, Ballerini provided her fans with an update in a statement posted on Instagram Stories. Her message addressed the Detroit crowd as she wrote, “THANK YOU for helping me through our show last [night] and being so loud and kind. feeling a bit better today and grateful for the grace to be human i’m feeling from yall. sending you the biggest (air) hug and going back to bed now.”
The “Love Me Like You Mean It” singer signed off with a quick reminder for her fans. “PS- TAKE YOUR VITAMIN C AND ZINC YALL ITS SICK SZN,” she wrote.
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