So American Idol winner, Phillip Philips, won’t go under the knife after all? According to Eonline, Philip is receiving “alternative treatments” to treat his congenital kidney problems, and is all set to go on tour in July.
A source close to Phillips originally told E! News that he was scheduled to do Idol press in New York and then fly home to Georgia for surgery right after the American Idol finale, and then it was rumored that the procedure had been scheduled.
But he didn’t make it to New York, instead participating in the process remotely. Surgery remains an option, sources tell us, but alternative treatment has proved effective and doctors have given him the OK to commence rocking out next month.
Phillips “is being treated and doing well,” says an insider. Meanwhile, the young man and his family are keeping further details about the nature of his treatment and any future treatment he may require private.
But apparently he’s doing well enough to slog out a 45-date tour!
“He will still be attending all the tour dates and is really looking forward to the launch on July 6,” the tour rep says. And after this year’s Idol top 10 have crisscrossed the country, they’ll play their final show Sept. 11 in Milwaukee.
Hm. I hope Phillip is really healthy now, and that the treatment he’s receiving isn’t another stop gap like the stent that he received early in the Idol season.
