On 14 July, actor and singer Suki Waterhouse shared a tweet explaining her recent absence from X: “‘suki you never tweet anymore’ have you ever considered I wore pants so tight 6 months ago it caused a hernia & I’ve been too scared to tell you.”

She followed up with two pictures: one shows her wearing what are presumably the offending pants, and the other shows her in a hospital bed, hooked up to an IV. (There is also a vape resting on her hospital gown. That’s not relevant to this story, just a fun detail.)

Like many rich texts, the post raises a lot of questions. Like: could I pull