diagnosed with bowel cancer. The 42-year-old breakfast show presenter said the diagnosis was confirmed at the beginning of this month and she is set to have surgery to remove a tumour on Monday.
She made the announcement in a social media post where she was smiling, wearing a hospital gown and threw a thumbs up sign. Roberts said "so far the outlook is positive and I feel so lucky that I can be treated" but she needs to find out if the cancer has spread.
She went on: "It's just the start of my journey but I'm going to give it everything I've got. "Roberts, from Southport, Merseyside, first found fame in Channel 4's Big Brother series in 2002 where one of her housemates was Jade Goody, who died in 2009 after being diagnosed with cervical.
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