Action Bronson Hospitalized in Alaska
The rapper underwent emergency hernia surgery on Tuesday, just days after eating beluga whale blubber and raw frozen caribou for his TV show
October 29, 2015
Action Bronson. Facebook
Action Bronson, everybody’s favorite Jewish rapper-chef from Flushing, Queens, posted a picture of himself in a hospital bed on Instagram on Wednesday with the following caption: “Well this Alaska trip turned into me having emergency surgery. #Fuckthatsdelicious #Recovery”
Let’s begin with #Fuckthatsdelicious, which, it turns out, is not just a hashtag to describe one’s feelings about food or a sweet bong rip; in actuality, Fuck That’s Delicious refers to the name of Action Bronson’s cooking web series. In fact, Bronson, born Arian Asllani to a Jewish mother and an Albanian father, was in Alaska filming his show, and one look at his Instragram provides evidence of some incredible provincial dining, i.e. baked whitefish with rendered seal oil, caribou stew, carious Alaskan mammals, such as bowhead whale or beluga blubber.
But Bronson was hospitalized, reported Pitchfork, “due to complications from ongoing hernia issues from Bronson’s powerlifting days,” the rapper’s rep told the music website. And Bronson backed it up, and was grateful:
It happened in 2010 while I was deadlifting 10 plates with no belt and just being a young animal.
— MR. WONDERFUL (@ActionBronson) October 29, 2015
I’ll be back stronger than ever, trust me.
— MR. WONDERFUL (@ActionBronson) October 28, 2015
Take care of yourselves because it could happen to anyone.
— MR. WONDERFUL (@ActionBronson) October 29, 2015
Take care, big fella.
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Jonathan Zalman is a writer and teacher based in Brooklyn.
