Singer Patti Smith told The Associated Press by phone that she was fine after collapsing during a presentation in Brazil.

"With all the strife in the world, this explainable incident does not merit so much attention," she wrote on Instagram.

Patti Smith says she is “absolutely fine” after “grossly exaggerated” reports that she collapsed onstage at a show in São Paulo, Brazil. The New York punk rock pioneer and singer-songwriter, a Chicago native who grew up in Deptford, South Jersey, took to Instagram to clear up what happened.