Gretchen Wilson, the “Redneck Woman” singer, revealed after winning “The Masked Singer” on Wednesday health issues have kept her from the spotlight.

“So, I got COVID. I was one of the very first to get it, and it was a heck of a round,” Wilson told Fox News Digital.

“It left me with high blood pressure, shortness of breath, asthma — all of which I still have — and it took about two years for me to find the right doctors, cardiologists to get it all sorted, to find the right medicine to get my blood pressure down. I mean, it was pretty severe. It was bad enough that I couldn’t even do light housework without the blood pressure going up to scary levels.”

COVID was not all that kept Wilson from performing.

“I also shattered my leg, and I was in a wheelchair for eight months. So there was a lot that I had to work through.”

Most of her health issues weren’t known as she didn’t post the news on her social media channels.

“I don’t get on my phone and go, ‘Oh, woe is me and look at me and I am so sad, boohoo,’” Wilson said. “It’s just not my personality. So I just stayed away, figured it out. Like I said, it took a long time, but I finally got myself into a place where I was like, ‘Okay, I feel like I’m back.’”

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