Chrissie Swan, 52, Tears Up Over Secret Surprise While Recovering
Australian radio host Chrissie Swan, 52, posted an Instagram video of herself gasping and crying over a surprise sent to cheer her up. She has been off-air since September after a medical emergency, and said she wants to show what unwell looks like.
Australian radio host Chrissie Swan, 52, posted an Instagram video this week showing her gasping and bursting into happy tears over a secret surprise, as she recovers from a medical emergency that has kept her off-air since September. Swan said a company had sent her something to cheer her up.
In the clip, Swan walks into a room, gasps and covers her face. "It's so beautiful, oh my god, it's so beautiful," she said. "I can't believe it."
The surprise stays secret
Swan, who hosts The Chrissie Swan Show on Nova, did not reveal what the gift was. In her caption she invited fans to guess. "Yes. They are tears of happiness. Guesses welcome!" she wrote.
She promised not to keep followers waiting long and said she would share the surprise the following day. "I just haven't had the time (or energy) to do it justice!" she explained.
She also thanked the people around her. "During this whole hideous health ordeal one thing that has been made abundantly clear is that my world is full of beautiful and kind and thoughtful people," she wrote.
"I am not well"
Swan addressed how she looks in the video. She said she wanted to show that side of her recovery.
"I know I don't look great… but I am not well," she wrote. She added that people sometimes show illness in their bodies and faces, and that this is part of being human.
"I'm not ashamed of how I look because guess what? I'm alive! What a great thing to be!" she said.
Off-air since September
Swan has been away from her radio show since September, when she was hospitalized after a medical emergency. She has not said what the emergency was. She told fans she was "very well cared for".
Earlier this year she described the episode as "completely unplanned as emergencies are" and said she was in hospital for ages. In an update on October 30, she said she had endured "a pretty rough two weeks and lots of curveballs".
Swan said she wanted to return to work but did not know when she would be well enough. "As soon as I feel like myself for longer than an hour at a time, I'll be back," she said at the time.
