Adele Roberts praised her long-time girlfriend Kate Holderness for being a crucial support throughout her bowel cancer battle.
During a very candid chat with Lorraine’s host Christine Lampard on Friday, Adele sang Kate’s praises for giving her the strength to run the London marathon.
‘Anybody who has been through cancer it’s not you alone. It feels very lonely but it affects your family as well. I want to make sure Kate is credited because without her I would not have been able to run the marathon,’ the Dancing On Ice star said gushing over her partner, 40.
‘It feels so strange to me that I was able to run a marathon’.
Adele was first diagnosed with bowel cancer in October 2021 and documented her treatment on social media, which included colostomy surgery to remove a bowel tumour and having a stoma bag fitted.
Adele Roberts, 45, praised her long-time girlfriend Kate Holderness, 40, for being a crucial support throughout her bowel cancer battle (pictured together in 2019)
During a very candid chat with Lorraine’s host Christine Lampard, Adele sang the praises of her other half and said: ‘Without her I would not bill to run the marathon,’
‘I want to make sure Kate is credited. Without her I would not have been able to run the marathon’, she said
Nine months after being diagnosed, and after receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment, Adele was declared cancer free, and now lives with a stoma bag, which she has named Audrey.
Adele and actress Kate have been together now two decades, and happily celebrated their twentieth anniversary in February.
During her appearance on the daytime show, Adele discussed her new book Personal Best: From Rock Bottom to the Top of the World, which she described as something she is ‘so proud’ of.
‘I thoughts (after diagnosis) if I can make it through this, I can write it all down and get my head together and do a book,’ the DJ recalled.
Giving a deeper insight on her book, she went on: ‘I talk about a lot of how cancer robbed me of my identity and how I got it back.
‘When I look back, there were lots of times that I had been through things, not necessarily cancer.’
Just earlier this week, Adele broke down in tears as she discussed her cancer battle during a very emotional interview on Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast.
The TV star got incredibly upset as she admitted she ‘blamed herself’ when she first received her bowel cancer diagnosis.
Adele was first diagnosed with bowel cancer in October 2021 and documented her treatment on social media, which included colostomy surgery to remove a bowel tumour and having a stoma bag fitted
Nine months after being diagnosed, and after receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment, Adele was declared cancer free, and now lives with a stoma bag
During her appearance on the daytime show, Adele discussed her new book, which she described as something she is ‘so proud’ of
Giving a deeper insight on her book, she went on: ‘I talk about a lot of how cancer robbed me of my identity and how I got it back
She said: ‘I totally thought that I had caused it [the cancer]. My first thought was “Am I going to die?”. But once he [the doctor] said he could help me, it’s all I held onto.
‘And when he said it wasn’t my fault that’s when I just cried and got so emotional.’
After starting chemotherapy, Adele detailed the treatment’s early side-effects which by December 2021 included a metallic taste in her mouth, swollen fingers and sore teeth.
Speaking about how she coped with the mental and physical struggle of chemotherapy, Adele said there was some nights she would ask herself “Why me?”‘
She added: ‘There were a couple of nights where I was in so much pain and I though why me? There were a few times I’d thought what have I done? Why’s it happening?
‘It felt like I was being punished for something. But then I realised it was all part of me getting better. It [cancer] definitely got me a couple of nights.’
Adele candidly admitted that her cancer diagnosis and having a stoma fitted has helped her have a better relationship with her body.
She said: ‘Most of my life I didn’t cry. I remember Kate [Adele’s girlfriend] saying when I had my tumor removed “That the light was back in my eyes”.
‘And I really believe that tumor being taken away took away so much negativity and so much self hatred and I’m so glad that piece of me is gone now because now I’m allowing myself to be the person I should have always been.
‘And crying is part of that, it’s not a weakness it’s a strength. I wouldn’t wish cancer on anyone but it’s given me that [strength].
‘I’m not only grateful for having a stoma to save my life but also it helped me have a better relationship with my body.’
Just earlier this week, Adele broke down in tears as she discussed her cancer battle during a very emotional interview on Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast
The DJ got incredibly upset as she admitted she ‘blamed herself’ when she first received her bowel cancer diagnosis
She added: ‘I just didn’t like myself when I was younger and having a stoma it meant I could look at it like the most amazing thing I had which kept me alive. The moment I got it I was like I’ve been foolish for so many years.
‘When I first saw my stoma it was almost like I could see myself for the first time in my life. It was emotional and I thought I’m complete.
‘It’ll be the loss of my stoma when it goes back to the way it was. My scare will be a reminder of what has happened and where I’ve come.’
