Ow, Choo! Aretha Franklin breaks toe on shoe

Currently touring in support of her new album "A Woman Falling Out of Love," Aretha Franklin recently paid a visit to an Indianapolis hospital, her rep tells Us Weekly...

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Talk about a fashion emergency.

Currently touring in support of her new album “A Woman Falling Out of Love,” Aretha Franklin recently paid a visit to an Indianapolis hospital, her rep tells Us Weekly. And though the Queen of Soul, 69, overcame a life-threatening illness earlier this year, the medical issue this time was minor — but still awfully painful!

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While at her Dallas hotel, the Grammy winner accidentally stumbled over a pile of shoes, and her left foot landed atop the spike heel of her Jimmy Choo. Her left index toe “hurt like heck for a minute but seemed to subside,” Franklin said. Several days later, Franklin got an X-ray at Community North Hospital in Indianapolis — revealing a fractured left index toe.

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