Herman José recalls health scares: ‘My mother owes my recovery to a miracle’

Herman Jose He noted in an interview with RFM, which was the biggest health scare he had faced in his entire life. According to the artist, he was diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis when he was only four years old, a disease that would have been considered in the 1960s, the comedian also explains. “incurable”.

“I remember being in an oxygen tent, but it was terrible, and I had an idea, I had a plan for an oxygen tent camera, and I needed water and no one noticed anything.“, he began to share. Herman did not reveal any other details about the development of his health condition at that time, but he did reveal the outcome of the delicate situation.

At the hospital, the doctors told the mother of the artist, María Odette Antunes Valadas, that they had done everything they could for Herman José. His survival from then on would depend on the family’s prayers and faith.

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“To this day, my mother credits my recovery to a miracle“He said, adding almost by way of appeal:Try to explain to my mother that I was not reborn by divine intervention“. Herman José also admitted that he respects his mother, Maria Odette’s idea, and that he does not even question it.

Regarding his health, the artist was also asked about the condition of his prostate. The moment sparked a lot of laughter, and Herman José didn’t seem to mind responding: “it’s better“.

He later revealed that he had undergone a prostate embolization procedure, explaining that the operation “It consists of blocking the ducts and taking in food“And therefore”I became smaller“, he stated.

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Note that in 2024 the comedian will turn 70 years old and celebrate half a century of his career. Two special performances are scheduled to celebrate this phase of Herman José’s life: one on stage at Campo Pequeno, in Lisbon, on October 5 and the other at Pavelhão Rosa Mota, in Porto, on October 19.