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Surgeon who saved Adele's vocal cords didn't know who she was

The surgeon who operated on Adele when she had a polyp in her throat has revealed that he wasn't at all familiar with her music at the time.

Steven Zeitels (pictured below) told Wales Online that it's more important that he's a surgeon first and a fan second, so it wasn't an issue that he only heard some of her songs the week before the surgery took place:

"I think she is an amazing singer but it is not like I was familiar with her material. I'm a time warp for music."

"I don’t think she needed a fan. I think she needed a doctor. I appreciate the music but when someone comes into my office I'm their surgeon. I may not know their material but they do not want a fan."

Zeitels also confessed that he was overwhelmed when she thanked him during one of her 2012 GRAMMYs acceptance speech: "When she went to the Grammys and won six awards I was there with my wife and she was very kind, she thanked me right after her first award. I did not know that was going to happen."

 

 

 

 

Watch Adele's backstage interview from the 2013 Oscars here: