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A famous person in the UK accidentally swallowed an AirPod on Sunday and accidentally consumed the Apple wireless earbuds along with her vitamins.
AirPods are known for being small and white, and at a distance they can be confused with a pebble or a large pill. On Sunday, one of the personal audio accessories had the misfortune to be treated like an edible tablet.
Posted on Twitter on Sunday and commented by iMeerBritish real estate program TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp acknowledge that she “just swallowed an AirPod while taking my vitamins.” After Allsopp told her followers “I do not recommend it,” Allsopp said she did not have to go to the hospital as she had managed to do so.
The celebrity recovered quickly from the ordeal, but added “my throat is really very sore.”
Allsopp has responded in follow-up posts to followers and other Twitter comments about the ordeal. The messages included a confirmation that the AirPods still workingeven if it is “smell sick. “
She also explained that she put her vitamins in her pocket while getting a glass of water, but then took the vitamins and the AirPod out of her pocket before swallowing the collection. A photos was also published on the platform, with an AirPod mixed with a selection of tablets and pills, proving that it is reasonably easy to make such a mistake.
Allsopp is not the only person who accidentally consumed an AirPod. In February 2021, a Massachusetts man finally visited the emergency room after swallowing an AirPod in his sleep.
In November, a TikTok user admitted to confusing an AirPod for Ibuprofen and swallowed it. Despite being digested, the AirPod kept working, and a voice memo picked up gurgling sounds from inside her stomach.