sight fright
Singer left terrified after going BLIND in one eye as she is rushed to hospital over mysterious health battle
The star is close friends with Jameela Jamil
- Published: 15:05, 2 Jul 2025
- Updated: 15:08, 2 Jul 2025
US SINGER songwriter Monica Martin has told fans about her frightful health scare.
Chicago-born star Monica shared the worrying news with followers after an intense trip to A&E with her pal Jameela Jamil and partner James Blake.
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The multi-talented star – who has performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – told fans on social media about the alarming incident.
She penned: “What I thought was just an intense and painful ocular migraine slowly turned into my left eye going blind, I was advised to not fly home.
“So alas, I can’t open for the best people/friends/musicians tonight for a sold out benefit at troubadour which blows a**.
“It’s now been 15 days both colourblind and a black hazy cellophane type feel on the left side and ANYWAY it’s been very disorienting and scary.
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“Most of my little health woes are from me being clumsy as hell and snapping something: an ankle in softball, an ankle from dumb shoes, an ankle from giving a piggyback ride to a much larger person as a display of strength.
“My ankles are toast btw. This is why I don’t like writing captions omg long ting brev; thank you for letting me be myself.
“Been one of the scariest times but my best friends are taking care of me and also are hilarious and also after MUCH ADO have met an angel ophthalmologist, Dr. Shaman Dolly, god forbid you ever need to find him, London, I must let you know his name.”
She continued: “London show; you were all so sweet and caring to me when and I lost it and wept on stage smdh, @jameelajamil came to the stage and literally turned herself into a weighted blanket and held me and told me it’s gonna be ok. No thanks to lexapro btw.
“I’m on the way to get an MRI in an Uber and unsure why no one likes using their car fan in UK/EU and I’ve gotten ct scans and bloodwork and yada yada literally 7 trips to hospitals now.
“Anyway. I’m incredibly lucky. My heart is heavy waiting on a prognosis, but my a** is heavier, and my resilience is alarming actually, and the lore disrespectfully deepens, and I’m getting the sense more people want to smash when I’m wearing my eyepatch or I’m pulling it off.
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“Thank you, London. And @jameelajamil @jamesblake for getting me sweets and savouries.”
Activist and presenter Jameela added some humour to the proceedings and commented: “What a glamorous day in A and E. Snacks were 10/10 tho [sic].”Play Video
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Jameela, who found fame on T4 in 2009, has recently revealed that she tried to take her own life multiple times while struggling to cope with crippling insomnia.
The She-Hulk star, 39, recently opened up about her debilitating sleep disorder in a candid publication on Substack.
Jameela, who has been in a relationship with Grammy winner James Blake since 2015, also said her insomnia affects her sex drive and makes her “fully lose a grip on reality”.
The actress, model and broadcaster wrote: “I would, without flinching, trade in all the success, money and adventures I’ve had to just be a good sleeper. Insomnia is the absolute ghetto of the mind, body and soul.
“It is years of the loneliest, darkest and most despairing hours in the middle of the night… It’s a lower sex drive. It’s nihilism and hopelessness. It’s being desperate for donuts all f***ing day because you need some respite and consolation.
“Every suicide attempt I have ever made was a result of just that few too many days in a row without a wink of sleep.”
Jameela now lives in Los Angeles in the US and is also an activist.
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She describes herself as a ‘feminist-in-progress’ and uses her platform to advocate for disability rights, LGBTQ rights, body neutrality, and social justice.
She has spoken about her health conditions, including anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and an eating disorder.
