Phil Collins’ brush with death: ‘My organs were just seizing’ because of alcohol abuse 18%
By Alexandra Del Rosario78%
8/3/2026, 3:38:15 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Hindsight Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.2% saturation with 73 hits. Analysis detected 270 faulty-reasoning hits from 481 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 28.1% and a BS Rank of 18% (21,632 of 26,303 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 82.20% of the article peer group.
Phil Collins faced death two years ago, and has lived to tell the tale.
The Grammy-winning singer recalled to the Times of London how his “kidneys were packing up, my organs were just seizing” when he was was hospitalized in Switzerland in April 2024 because of alcohol abuse.
At the time, Collins’ five children — including “Emily in Paris” star Lily Collins — were called to his bedside for what they thought could be his final moments.
“There were some decisions to be made about ‘Do we keep Phil on life support?’”
he recalled for the profile, published Monday.
He added: “People were coming to say goodbye.
But I don’t remember them coming, I didn’t have no idea this was going on.
They were all worried that they wouldn’t see me again.
It could all have gone so terribly wrong.”
Collins reflected on his brush with death to the news outlet months before he is set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in November.
His fellow inductees include Billy Idol, Iron Maiden, Joy Division/New Order, Oasis, Sade, Luther Vandross and Wu-Tang Clan.
The profile about the “In the Air Tonight” and “You’ll Be in My Heart” singer recalled the extent of his struggles with alcohol, including after his divorce from Orianne Cevey.
Collins, 75, said when he was drinking, “the calendar [went] out the window” and that he opted for wine for breakfast.
The Times of London reported that Collins was hospitalized in November 2023 and swiftly discharged, only to return to the intensive care unit and stay hospitalized for seven months.
“I was very lucky to have come out of that.
Needless to say, I haven’t had a drink since,” he said.
According to the outlet, Collins has permanent scarring on his pancreas, and his kidneys “barely” function.
Collins spoke about his alcohol abuse earlier this year in a five-episode podcast series with Zoe Ball.
He revealed in April that he has a live-in nurse and that it’s an “ongoing” effort to manage his health.
He said “everything that could go wrong with me did go wrong.”
“I got COVID in hospital, my kidneys started to back up, you know, everything that could, all seemed to sort of converge at the same time,” he said, adding that he had undergone five operations on his knee.
Collins also admitted in April he’d “probably been drinking too much” and that he recently celebrated two years of sobriety.
Collins spoke in his most recent interview about his desire “to be in love again,” revisited his controversial love life and spoke about mending his relationships with Piers Morgan, Paul McCartney and daughter Lily Collins after various rifts that played out in the media.
“I don’t like people going around thinking I hate them,” he said.
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