A month ago, Adele finally started her Las Vegas residency, for real this time. She delayed her residency for ten months because nothing was ready, including her. It’s been a stressful year for her, made worse by the fact that she seems to have brought a lot of her own drama into her current romance with Rich Paul. All in all, a refocus on her mental health was in order. Thankfully, Adele realized it and she’s back in therapy.
Adele got candid about prioritizing her mental health again as she began her “Weekends With Adele” Las Vegas residency. On Friday, the “Easy on Me” singer, 34, revealed during her show that she started therapy again after foregoing it for a few years. She told the audience that she previously made the decision to start therapy after divorcing ex Simon Konecki in 2019 — with whom she shares 10-year-old son Angelo.
“Before, obviously, when I was going through my divorce, I was like, basically in like five therapy sessions a day,” Adele told fans with a laugh. “But I stopped holding myself accountable for my own behavior and the things I would say and it’s because I would always fall back on my therapist.”
“I needed to just hold myself accountable for it,” the 15-time Grammy winner said of returning to the regular sessions. “But now I am doing it because I just want to make sure I’m topping myself up every week to make sure I can give you everything.”
Adele shared that her most recent therapy session involved discussing how she often gets stressed when it comes to performing live.
“I love making music, but there is something about performing live that actually terrifies me and fills me with dread normally,” she said. “That’s why I am not a big touring artist. I did it last time to prove I could do it. But this experience of being in a room this size, I think I might be a live artist for the rest of my life.”
The “You’re Still the One” singer explained that she often puts too much pressure on herself to try and be “perfect,” admitting that’s the reason why she postponed her initial run of shows in late January. But she realized that she’s “just a human.”
“If my voice ain’t top-notch that’s alright, but my soul is top-notch, I’ll tell you that — that’s what I try to say to my therapist,” Adele continued, becoming emotional about her Las Vegas residency. “Having the human interaction every weekend is honestly— I’m the happiest I’ve ever ever ever ever been.”
Most artists with Las Vegas residencies f–king hate it. They hate it physically, because the desert air is bad for their voices, they hate the boozy gamblers in the audience, they hate the general atmosphere in Las Vegas. But those were the old days, maybe it’s different now. I suspect that Adele is back in LA as often as possible though. As for therapy, I’m glad she went back. I really feel like this was a chaotic year for her and she might have realized that at some point, she was “the drama” all this time. I mean, back in February, she started wearing a diamond ring on her left hand and she let everyone think she was engaged. She also claimed that she wants to be married and pregnant next year. It was… a lot.
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She went through a lot last year but I DO think that a lot of it was of her own making. I think it’s awesome that she is back in therapy and hopes that she continues toward wellness and happiness.
Yet here she is, telling us all about her life again & creating more drama.
Like, 5 therapy sessions a day. I can’t roll my eyes hard enough, because that’s a ridiculous thing to say. Therapists tell you to take time off to process & grow, to absorb.
She’s ridiculous.
She needs to step away from social media & just do the work.
How is she creating drama when she’s just saying she’s going back into therapy which could help other people realize they need to do the same so how is that drama?
The only one bringing drama here is you.
I used to like her and her music 10 years ago. Back then she seemed down to earth, funny and not falling into the Hollywood stick skin Diva trend. But these recent years, she became so fake, arrogant and even her music is not so great anymore, plus the way she treated her fans postponing the Vegas show. Lots of people lost time and money on her whims. Just seems desperate to prove how happy and in love she is. I liked her better with her ex.
I hope she gets help but she seemed to be bringing all the drama this year (like that Taylor Swift song :hey, it’s me I’m the problem!). She seemed to be really desperate to get married and it seemed like she was trying to push her partner into that next step with the diamond ring and talking to the press about it.
Echoing other comments but I used to like her But the past few years it seems like somethings changed. I realized her music is always the same formula and no creativity or risks taken which I find boring. I don’t think the hype around her lives up at all.
I was at the concert on Friday that People is quoting and she didn’t say anything about going to therapy because of a hard year. She made it clear it was part of her self care strategy and that she only went back after learning to hold herself accountable (she said that her previous therapist helped her justify her bad behavior). She specifically said that she hasn’t been this happy in a long time.
She did say that she gets stage fright in large venues and that she likes small venues like The Colosseum because she can actually see and feel the reaction to her music and that she most likely will only play venues of similar size. And that this is the most fun she’s ever had on stage. As for the crowd, it was well behaved and super mellow – she said we were like her Saturday crowd which apparently is the more active one, but really by most concert standards, the crowd was quite mellow.
Adele was incredible as always and she did send hugs to Celine Dion who she admires – apparently the stage at The Colosseum was built for Celine.
People who become famous and see their tax bracket change also change. They start to see an increase of hanger ons and assistants, they start receiving free stuff and access to first class facilities. Adele is now in the 1% club and the comment she made several years ago about taxes and public transport should tell you where her mindset is.
I will never knock her or anyone else for losing excess weight! Adele is confident and it’s shows.