Holly Willoughby moved to tears after watching Julia Bradbury with her kids after cancer surgery
28.04.2022 - 14:21
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Holly Willoughby was visibly moved as she watched a clip from Julia Bradbury's new ITV documentary. It follows Julia’s very personal experiences, from emotional video diary entries to navigating having to tell her young children about her breast cancer diagnosis.
The 51-year-old TV presenter was first diagnosed with the disease in July and underwent a mastectomy in October during which her breast plus two lymph glands were removed before reconstruction took place. She has shared her journey with her followers on social media.
And now, Julia appeared on This Morning to take about her ITV documentary, J ulia Bradbury: Breast Cancer and Me, which airs at 9pm on April 28. Explaining her reasons behind doing the documentary, she said: "I've been honest about the discovery of my lump from the very beginning because I’ve always been a campaigner for cancer.
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"My mother had cancer, my father had cancer, so I’ve been an ambassador for several cancer charities throughout my career and ironically I am an ambassador for ovarian cancer in the UK."
She continued: "But when I did discover the lump, I was very open about having mammograms and encouraging women to go to the doctor if you find something - trust your instincts and I even posted a picture on my social media accounts of me having a mammogram. It was just a natural progression from that."
Julia added that sharing her experience "seemed like the right thing to do." She explained: "I didn’t suddenly want to drop off the face of the earth and not talk about what happened to the lump and mammograms. I know that by being open about this, people feel I’m there with them
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