Update: Brandy has been released from the hospital and is recovering.
“Brandy has been released from the hospital and is now at home resting,” a statement on Brandy’s Twitter read on Friday, June 2. “She has been traveling extensively as part of an ongoing tour and several personal appearances. In recent days she has taken more than 10 long haul flights including internationally. She was in the studio all night last night until it was time for her to leave for the airport to catch a 5:45 a.m. flight. The stress of all of the traveling and working so incessantly has exhausted her. She will be relaxing for the next few days.”
Original story continues below
R&B singer Brandy Norwood was rushed to the hospital on Friday, June 2, after losing consciousness onboard a flight at LAX. According to ABC7, officers and paramedics responded to a report of an “unconscious or almost unconscious” passenger shortly after all passengers had boarded a Delta Airlines plane.
The Los Angeles Fire and Police Department confirmed to Us Weekly that responders transported a patient from LAX via ambulance after responding to the call around 6:17 a.m. PT.
ABC7 reports that the plane had not yet departed the gate when Delta employees called authorities.
Brandy, who recently shot down rumors that she’s pregnant, was reportedly fully conscious by the time she was escorted off the aircraft, police told ABC7.
According to TMZ, the singer is now in stable condition.
Us Weekly has reached out for comment.