Celebrity News November 05, 2012
Sharon Osbourne Reveals She Had Double Mastectomy
“The Talk's” Sharon Osbourne isn't taking any chances. She survived colon cancer 10 years ago and after learning she carried a gene that could make her more susceptible to breast cancer, she underwent a double mastectomy, the exact date of which was not revealed.
She told Hello! magazine, "I've had cancer before, and I didn't want to live under that cloud. I decided to just take everything off, and had a double mastectomy."
The 60-year-old continued, "For me, it wasn't a big decision, it was a no-brainer. I didn't want to live the rest of my life with that shadow hanging over me."
Sharon is also a grandmother now. Her son Jack and wife Lisa Stelly welcomed baby Pearl in April.
"I want to be around for a long time and be a grandmother to Pearl," she said. "I didn't even think of my breasts in a nostalgic way. I just wanted to be able to live my life without that fear all the time."
The former “America's Got Talent” judge added, "It's not 'pity me.' It's a decision I made that's got rid of this weight that I was carrying around."
