Emotional Jessie J Vows to ‘Beat’ Breast Cancer at Capital Summertime Ball Before Surgery

Jessie J chocked back tears and vowed she would ‘beat’ breast cancer as she took to the stage at  Capital’s Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium on Sunday for her final show before undergoing surgery.  

The singer, 37, who revealed her diagnosis last week, thanked the 75,000 strong crowd for their support as she opened up about her illness. 

Jessie said: ‘Today, this show is my last show before I go to beat breast cancer!’.

As the audience cheered she continued: ‘So it’s so special to me you have no idea. I feel so special to be from the UK, to be an honest person and say how you feel,’  

‘This is my last show before go treatment and all the things It’s the most special thing and I’m so grateful for this life, for you guys, for my career, to my, my son. My partner, my parents’. 

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Before adding: ‘My family, my band, my crew. We are so lucky, we have so much to live for, so much joy, so much, so many things to do’. 

It comes Jessie, who assured fans her condition had been ‘caught early’, revealed she had suffered her ‘worst day so far’ amid her cancer battle as she broke down in tears and struggled through panic attacks.

In a lengthy Instagram Stories post, she wrote: ‘Honestly, had my worst day so far yesterday since my diagnosis and the busiest three months I have had in years. Work. Toddler. Cancer. life etc had my mind [drained].

Jessie, who shares two-year-old son Sky with partner Chanan Colman, continued: ‘Panic attacks/ tears. big fears/ anger/ overwhelm bad. And you know what helped?’.

‘I ate a corn on the cob. Turns out it’s extremely hard to panic or cry while eating one. Highly recommend. Instead mood shift’.

‘Tomorrow is a new day. The [rollercoaster] of cancer is [draining]. I won’t be just talking about the highlights. And making jokes all the time. That isn’t real life. Goodnight’. 

Returning to social media, The Price Tag hitmaker penned: ‘IMO. It’s [key] to acknowledge fear anger sadness panic overwhelm and let it come up and come out. holding it in won’t make it go away. In any challenging situation in life’.

‘So when I posted what I did yesterday about my current challenge in life, also while making light of the situation. That was one day in 10 weeks that I just lost it and was completely drowned in all the negative and bed feelings any cancer journey can bring. Which is healthy and needed.

She went on: ‘So I will cry, I will be scared, I will panic, I will feel all of it for a minute or even a full day. And then eat a [corn] or listen to a song that lifts me up or laugh with a friend on Face Time. And then go and be a mum, and go to work and show up and be what I feel 90% of the time’.

‘Strong, fearless, healthy, and make some jokes about it all because that’s my way. But i will not ignore the 10% that is fear and sadness’.

Jessie appeared to drop a hint about her cancer diagnosis weeks ago during a performance in London.

But the announcement appears all the more poignant now given what Jessie is reported to have told fans while performing at Union Chapel on May 20.

According to The Mirror, the star told her fans at the show she was putting herself first and wanted to have fun. 

She said: ‘I know we are all going through our own battles in life, we are all struggling in our own way. We talk about it sometimes, and sometimes we don’t.

‘I’m grateful I have the voice and the strength to be able to put those experiences into songs that people can take and make them their own soundtrack to help them get through a tough time, a good time, a scary time.’

The hitmaker also seemed to reference her cancer battle when she introduced her new song No Secrets.  

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‘This song for me, more so than ever right now, is getting me through my life,’ she said.

Jessie revealed that she discovered she had the illness before the release of her hit new single No Secrets, which was released on April 25.

In the clip, Jessie said: ‘Hi, I have been going back and forth a little bit on whether to share it. I want to but there’s lots of opinions outside…

‘Also knowing that I want to share with my fans and the people that care about me, also I’m a sharer. I’ve always shared everything that I go through in my life.

‘Before No Secrets came out, I was diagnosed with early breast cancer. Cancer sucks in any form but I’m holding onto the word early.

‘I have been in and out of tests throughout this whole period, adding that she had not been adequately ‘processing it because I’m working so hard.’