Singer Aleksa Jelić Undergoes Stent Implantation Surgery Serbian pop singer and dancer Aleksa Jelić has turned a health scare into a high-profile moment about modern parenthood, moving from an emergency stent surgery straight back into a stalled surrogacy quest.

In recent days, Jelić felt worrying discomfort and headed to doctors, where tests showed an urgent intervention was unavoidable. He underwent a procedure to have a stent implanted, followed all medical advice, and the surgery “was successfully performed” with no complications, local outlets report. He is now in recovery and “gradually returning to daily activities.”

Months before the operation, Jelić had quietly started the process of becoming a single father via surrogacy abroad. He has spoken openly about wanting a child with the help of a surrogate mother in Colombia and insists the topic “shouldn’t be a taboo,” arguing that “taboos should be broken, the Stone Age is long gone” and that surrogacy is widely accepted globally, though tightly regulated.

His plan collided with geopolitics and bureaucracy. Changes in Colombian administration and laws for non-citizens have “resulted in the whole process slowing down a lot,” he says, leaving him unsure how – or when – it will move forward. He has spent time in Colombia and mapped the global surrogacy landscape: Ukraine is now “an impossible mission” due to war and stranded babies, the U.S. is “unattainable” financially, while countries like Mexico, Colombia and Argentina are, in his view, more realistic routes for single parents.

At home, Jelić faces a split jury. His parents and friends “both support and criticize” his decision, a tension he embraces: “I am grateful for both… one gives you a sense of security and pushes you forward, the other teaches you something.” As his heart heals, his broader fight is clearly just warming up.