Jessie J, the singer, shared her experiences juggling motherhood and recovery, as well as meeting Princess of Wales Kate Middleton.
Jessie J has discussed her experiences with breast cancer and what lessons the illness have taught her about life.
The Price Tag singer and mum-of-one, 37, had surgery in the summer and is waiting for a second round. The star also revealed her delight at meeting the Princess of Wales, who was treated for cancer last year, at the Royal Variety Performance. Speaking about her time with Kate, 43, last week she said: “I hugged the princess!”
While Jessie waits for a second operation later this year, she has delayed her No Secrets UK and European tour until 2026. She remarked about her diagnosis, “I’m just grateful for the lessons and, honestly, grateful for the connectivity that has given me with so many cancer patients.”
“I wouldn’t have had the lovely conversations I have had. Additionally, I’ve grown up better as a parent and a better person. I’ve never given a damn about the little things. She continued, “Some things that used to stress me out no longer do because you just need to sit the f*** down when life turns into something you feel like you can’t control.”
Jessie found a lump in her breast in March and had a mastectomy. She said: “I had my surgery and took very little time off.” Describing it as a “weird time”, she said: “When I had cancer and nobody knew… I wanted to make all these jokes. Now I have one post-baby boob and one orange under a bedsheet.
It’s still funny, but it’s not. However, it’s also quite funny. But I’m actually appreciative that I made it through. And I almost have to turn around, and I still have a little work to do. However, we all will experience or have experienced a very difficult situation that we feel we must carry on our own.
In honor of her late friend Dave, who was her security guard, Jessie sang her song I’ll Never Know Why from her sixth album for the Royal Variety Performance. She said, “I sang it because I knew it would be a shock to those who are lying on their sofas at home and feeling disgusted. I wanted to let them know that I see them.”
Kate and the actress have previously spoken about working together on suicide prevention. Jessica shared other health issues, including a miscarriage in 2021 and a car accident in 2020 that damaged her larynx and voice.
She cheekedly, describing the Royal Variety Performance as being “like a school assembly with a big budget” and claiming that “everyone is on the stage at the end, like “Oh, it’s a cast of Les Mis and me and like Stephen Fry.”
“And then we go in to meet the royals, which is amazing.” Speaking about her son Sky, two – her boy with basketball pro Chanan Colman – she said: “He’s the joy of my whole entire world. It’s like Christmas morn-ing every time I wake up and I hear him.”
Describing herself as a very hands-on parent, she said at the launch of her new album, Don’t Tease Me With a Good Time, which is out on Friday: “I’m a very Aries, fire-signy, micromanaging mum. A micro-mum.”
He appears to be eager to repeat the experience she shared with her at Radio 2 in the Park in Chelmsford, Essex, in September. He’s so funny, Jessie said. Can I come to work, he asks? Because he wants to come, I can’t tell him I’m going to work.
Source: Mirror
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