Dušica Jakovljević Reveals the Health Scare She Hid While Hosting Live TV

Dušica Jakovljević says she recently struggled through a live television broadcast after a reaction to dust left her with swelling beneath her tongue and made it difficult to speak. Despite the discomfort, the presenter was determined to finish the programme without drawing attention to how unwell she felt. “I wanted to get through the show to the end,” Jakovljević recalled, explaining that she asked the production team not to film her in close-up because she could not move part of her face normally. The crew instead widened the shot, allowing her to continue presenting while limiting what viewers could see, according to her account. The health scare came up during a conversation in which Jakovljević also spoke about a book she is writing, inspired by experiences from her own life. She said the project, titled “Bruises with Glitter,” is nearing completion. Although she first imagined telling the stories humorously, she explained that writing about painful experiences proved harder than expected. She eventually found the strength to carry on, comparing the passing of emotional bruises to the way physical ones fade. She also addressed a social-media post that led some people to believe Netflix was making a series about her. Jakovljević said she had used ChatGPT to create a fictional poster based on what it knew about her public life, then tagged Netflix. Many people took the image seriously, she said, and even asked what a less-censored version of her life would contain. Jakovljević added that she has shared many of the unusual episodes from her life publicly, but said there have been times when people did not realise how badly she was struggling for reasons they could not see.