She collapsed in August following another bout of heavy bleeding - and this was the fourth time it had happened in four years. I remember being at the doctor and sobbing: 'What’s wrong with me?”’ She said: "The thing is the tumour was so big I had it falling out of me while I was on the loo. However, Jade told Now Magazine that she knew something was seriously wrong. Jade explained to doctors she'd been losing blood for a while, but it was written off as a second miscarriage. It would be another 14 months until she was finally diagnosed. Jade became pregnant in March 2007 to boyfriend Jack Tweed, but the cancer was already growing by this point and she miscarried at 12 weeks. Strictly Come Dancing’s Bobby Brazier left dad Jeff in tears after his first performance (Image: BBC) She was tested for ovarian and bowel cancer, but both came back clear. "Once you have them burnt off they shouldn't come back, I was too scared." She was rushed to hospital in 20 with stomach pains and heavy bleeding. She told Heat magazine: "When I heard I had more abnormal cells I thought, 'this is the fourth time I've been told I need to have the same operation now. She had rogue cells removed four times, but ignored a letter asking her to return again through fear. She had them removed, but two years later they returned and a second operation took place to burn away the cells. She was just 15 and not sexually active when she first contracted the human papilloma virus (HPV) and abnormal cells were found during a smear test. My heart sank."Īccording to Mirror Online, Jade's story is unique because of how young she was when she died from cervical cancer, but also because of the symptoms she suffered. "When he answered right, I thought: ‘Oh my God, it’s real.’ Then he said: ‘Jade, you’ve got cancer.’ The last thing on this planet I expected was for them to tell me that. She told Now Magazine : "I asked the doctor what hospital I was born in. The conversation with her doctor took place in the show's diary room - and Jade initially thought it was a hoax. But her appearance on the show was cut short when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer, which she tragically died from at the age of 27. Jade apologised for her actions and later appeared on the Indian edition of Big Brother, named Bigg Boss, in 2008. Jade hit the headlines for the wrong reasons when she was accused of racism for comments directed towards Shilpa Shetty during her return to the Big Brother house for the show's celebrity edition in 2007. Jade Goody's cancer battle and tragic death After her stint in the Big Brother house, Jade forged a successful career in the limelight as she was the first UK reality TV star to become a millionaire and also released an autobiography and her own best selling perfume range in 2006. Jade claimed she spoke without thinking when she arrived in the house and her unfiltered personality became a major talking point on one of Big Brother's most watched series. She went in to get away from me."īobby Brazier and Dianne Buswell on Strictly It Takes Two (Image: BBC) She said: "We were a twisted-up, mucked-up family. She stayed close with her mum, Jackiey Budden, who said she entered Big Brother to escape her real life. Jade eventually disowned her dad, Andrew Goody, who served four years in prison for robbery and died of an overdose aged 42 in 2005. The reality TV star was 20 at the time and finished in 4th place in a house that also included stars like Alison Hammond, Kate Lawler and Adele Roberts, the Liverpool Echo reports.īefore she shot to fame, Jade had a tough upbringing in South East London as both her parents battled with drug addiction and split up when she was just two years old. Read More: Strictly fans spot distracting bored girl and ask 'is she okay' The third series is where Jade Goody rose to fame and fans can only hope for a set of housemates half as memorable as her. ITV has bought the rights to the famed reality TV show and the programme is set to return to on Sunday night. Jade Goody will forever be remembered as one of Big Brother's most famous housemates - and her legacy lives on in Strictly Come Dancing star Bobby Brazier, who is Jade Goody's son.
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