Hailey Bieber is more nervou about her health after crazy mini stroke & heart surgery

wwmt.com · Feb 19, 2026 · Collected from GDELT

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by Kevin ZelmanThu, February 19, 2026 at 2:30 PMHailey Bieber shares sexy bikini pics ahead of Justin Bieber's surprise "Swag" album release. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Vanity Fair)Hailey Bieber is opening up about how her health and how her perspective has changed after her health scares.Hailey Bieber (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images)Hailey was a guest on Jake Shane’s “Therapuss” podcast, where she said, “I am just so fascinated with the body and medicine and doctors. And I love it.”The 29-year-old, who shares 17-month-old son Jack Blues with husband Justin Bieber, recalled how her health scare shaped the way she viewed the medical field, “A couple of years ago, I had a crazy medical situation. I had a mini stroke. Then I found that I had this heart defect that I was born with, so I had to get surgery for it, which sounds really crazy, but they went through my groin and I was in and out of the hospital the same day.”LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - APRIL 24: Hailey Bieber, Beauty Innovator of the Year recipient attends DAOU Vineyards at the Daily Front Row Fashion Los Angeles Awards 2025 at The Beverly Hills Hotel on April 24, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for DAOU Vineyards)Since the surgery, Hailey has been “hyper-aware” about her health, saying, “That situation made me a little bit extra hyper-aware of my body and a little bit more nervous about things and staying on top of them. But I’ve just always been really focused and fascinated on health.”The model concluded, “It was also kind of what led me to want to [start my beauty company], Rhode. My obsession with skincare also comes from my obsession with medicine.”LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - FEBRUARY 01: (FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (L-R) Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber attend the 68th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena on February 01, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Amy Sussman/Getty Images)Back in March 2022, Hailey was hospitalized for a mini stroke and revealed a month later she underwent a patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure procedure to close a hole in her heart, which, as she says, went “very smoothly.”Hailey Bieber shares sexy bikini pics ahead of Justin Bieber's surprise "Swag" album release. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Vanity Fair)Justin, Hailey’s husband, also has some personal health matters that made him take a break from touring in 2022 after being diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt syndrome, which caused partial facial paralysis.Follow us on Instagram @WeArePauseRewind for all your pop culture obsessions.