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Sarah Hyland has never let her kidney issues stop her from living her best life. The 28-year-old Modern Family actress (who recently got engaged to Bachelorette alum Wells Adams) has been open about her kidney dysplasia with her fansshe's undergone 16 surgeries and two kidney transplants over the years.
On Sunday night's Teen Choice Awards 2019, Sarah proved that she has some major singing chops. She performed her new song with Jordan McGraw called "Met At A Party" live on stage, and she gave a serious shout-out to her distended abdomen and kidney on Instagram afterward.
"Yesterday I had my first nationally televised performance of a song I did with the amazing @jordanmcgraw. I was terrified. I was excited. There was a PHENOMENAL crowd supporting us the entire way through. Thank you so much to everyone who watched! Thank you @teenchoicefox for having us!!," she captioned her post.
Then, Sarah subtly addressed the pregnancy rumors that exploded online after her performance, saying:
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"And a final thank you to my ever changing self confidence for making the decision to not wear spanx and let my KUPA (kidney upper pussy area) shine like the badass bitch she is. ."
Yesterday I had my first nationally televised performance of a song I did with the amazing @jordanmcgraw. I was terrified. I was excited. There was a PHENOMENAL crowd supporting us the entire way through. Thank you so much to everyone who watched! Thank you @teenchoicefox for having us!! And a final thank you to my ever changing self confidence for making the decision to not wear spanx and let my KUPA (kidney upper pussy area) shine like the badass bitch she is. A post shared by Sarah Hyland (@sarahhyland) on Aug 12, 2019 at 9:42am PDT
Sarah's celeb friends were immediately all over the comments section of her post. Michelle Trachtenburg wrote, "HaKUPA Matata, it's a wonderful phrase, it means no worries for the rest of your days @sarahhyland." And Justin Mikita also added, "We stan a kupa!"
Sarah previously shared that she wore two pairs of shapewear to the Oscars to hide the bulge left behind from her second kidney transplant. She first mentioned the term KUPA in an interview with SELF magazine . "When they do a kidney transplant, they connect the new kidney to your old kidneys in front," she said, which makes her lower abdomen pop out a bit. "I call it my KUPA: kidney upper pussy area."
Kudos to Sarah for fully embracing her KUPA!