Avril Lavigne has always been determined to forge her own path, no matter what.
“I was supposed to do homeschooling I had books but I didn’t do it.
So, basically, I’m a high school dropout,” Lavigne said in a2007 interview.
Despite her successful career, she disappeared for four years after releasing her eponymous fifth studio album.
While her career started as a fairytale, her life soon turned into a nightmare.
It’s been a hard road for Lavigne, but she finally seems to be making a long-awaited comeback.
Join us as we take a deep dive into everything she’s been through.
“I was very clear on what I wanted to do and what I didn’t want to do.
Eventually, she teamed up with The Matrix, and the trio understood the pop-punk sound she wanted.
The reception venue, however, featured red roses and flowers.
While the couple seemed meant to be, Lavigne filed for divorce in 2009.
“Billboardcalled the video “an embarrassment in any language.”
Many also called the video racist.
“RACIST???
I love Japanese culture and I spend half of my time in Japan.
Despite the backlash the singer received from the Western media, Japanese journalists were much more forgiving.
After struggling to get to the bottom of her health issues, she was finally diagnosed with Lyme disease.
She felt relieved to be able to give a name to her condition.
I thought I was dying.”
“It felt like having all your life sucked out of you,” she said.
She toldThe Guardianthat they attributed her symptoms to chronic fatigue and anxiety.
Lavigne, however, was fairly certain that she had Lyme disease.
She told Billboard that one of her friends figured it out before the doctors did.
The specialists Lavigne went to see, however, didn’t take her suspicions seriously.
Lavigne told"Good Morning America"during an emotional interview.
“This is what they do to a lot of people that have Lyme disease.
She described being bedridden without a diagnosis as “literally the worst time of my life.”
Lavigne began suspecting she had Lyme disease two months after contracting it, but doctors wouldn’t budge.
In the end, she opted to go straight to another Lyme sufferer.
Hadid referred Lavigne to the specialist who treated her, and so the long road to recovery finally began.
She had to take several antibiotics and remained bedbound through most of the treatment.
Well-wishes started streaming in shortly after, but Lavigne was still desperate to put up a happy front.
For a while, it worked.
Fans thought Lavigne was dealing with some minor health issues but mostly doing fine.
“I wasn’t ready, and I shouldn’t have done it.
Eventually, Lavigne decided to use her platform to raise more awareness about Lyme disease.
“I don’t want to talk about it.
I don’t want to relive it.
But it’s my responsibility,” she said.
However, Kroeger apparently found it hard to be there for her all the time since he was touring.
“It is with [a] heavy heart that Chad and I announce our separation today.
Through not only the marriage, but the music as well, we’ve created many unforgettable moments.
At one point during her illness, Lavigne thought she was going to die.
She had trouble breathing and thought that she was about to leave this world forever.
“I had accepted that I was dying,” she told Billboard.
She elaborated on this moment during an interview withEntertainment Weekly.
“I was like, ‘I don’t think I’m going to make it.’
I think I was about to die because I had this weird feeling of, ‘Whoa.
Lavigne, who was raised Christian, said a desperate prayer in that moment.
Lavigne’s, however, is darker than most.
“Some people think that I’m not the real me, which is so weird!
Like, why would they even think that?”
Isn’t that so weird?
It’s so dumb.
And I look the exact same.”
Immediately,” Lavigne toldPeople.
“He made every day better.
It was like I had known him forever.
As time went on, things kept getting better, and it felt incredibly natural,” she gushed.
Lavigne was seen having dinner with rapper Tyga the day before the news broke.
