Love Island Australia star Lexy Thornberry has been diagnosed with head and neck cancer.
The reality TV star shared the shock news to social media on Monday night, revealing she will soon start chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
‘I am 24 years old and I have been diagnosed with cancer,’ she wrote alongside a gallery of confronting images.
‘No, sadly I’m not joking. They put me in a robe for my X–ray,’ she continued.
‘I thought it was so dramatic. A couple days later I was diagnosed with head and neck cancer…’
Lexy added the diagnosis came as a huge shock to her given her healthy lifestyle, reassuring fans she would be working hard to beat it.
Love Island Australia star Lexy Thornberry has been diagnosed with head and neck cancer. (Pictured on the show in 2021)
The reality TV star shared the shock news to social media on Monday night, revealing she will soon start chemotherapy and radiation treatment
‘I’m a Pilates instructor and I teach people how to live healthy lives. There’s nothing I did wrong, nothing that could have prevented it. It’s just the luck of the draw. But it is something I will FIGHT,’ she wrote.
Lexy went on to reveal her health plan before issuing a heartfelt plea to her fans.
‘I am starting treatment and ask people to respect my privacy during this extremely difficult time. This is all I’m willing to share at the moment and ask everybody to keep their questions to themselves,’ she wrote.
Head and neck cancer is a particularly challenging disease affecting the mouth, throat and sinuses, and is aggressive and life-threatening if not caught and treated early.
However, with the right treatment plan it can be managed – and even beaten.
Lexy’s comment section was quickly inundated with words of support from her celebrity friends.
‘Omg Lexy. Sending so much love to you and strength!! You’ve got this girl!’ wrote her Love Island co-star Margarita Smith.
‘Aw hon, you’ll fight this gorgeous girl,’ added celebrity makeup artist Lira Bahtiri.
‘I am 24 years old and I have been diagnosed with cancer,’ she wrote alongside a gallery of confronting images
‘I’m a Pilates instructor and I teach people how to live healthy lives. There’s nothing I did wrong, nothing that could have prevented it. It’s just the luck of the draw. But it is something I will FIGHT,’ she wrote
Lexy and her long-time boyfriend David got engaged earlier this year, after the Kiwi boxer got down on one knee during a holiday to Mexico.
David popped the question with a Tiffany ring at sunset in the Isla Mujeres.
‘It’s easy with Lexy. I spent almost eight years with the wrong people, I wanted to nail this one,’ he told Woman’s Day.
Although the Kiwi boxer moved from England to Australia to train with Lexy’s father and boxing trainer Noel Thornberry in 2022, it was the former Love Islander that made the first move.
After watching David win bronze in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, she slid into his Instagram DMs.
And as fate would have it, David soon moved to Queensland to train with her dad on the family farm the following year.
