Nicole Eggert was on hand to discuss her best known role as she attended a press tour in Pasadena on Wednesday, seven months after revealing her breast cancer diagnosis.
The actress became a fan favourite after playing Roberta “Summer” Quinn across 44 episodes of Baywatch at the height of its popularity in the early ’90s.
And she reflected on her two-years as a Los Angeles County lifeguard while attending the TCA Summer 2024 Press Tour – part of an ongoing promotional campaign for new documentary After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun.
Eggert, 52, looked vastly different after shaving her head as she battles stage 2 cribriform carcinoma breast cancer.
The actress made the difficult decision to shave her hair off in March and captured the moment she went about it with the assistance of her daughter.
Nicole Eggert discussed her best known role as she attended a press tour in Pasadena on Wednesday (left) four months after shaving her head as she battles breast cancer
The actress became a fan favourite after playing Roberta “Summer” Quinn across 44 episodes of Baywatch at the height of its popularity in the early ’90s
The actress, who first disclosed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer in December, told Inside Edition that she had just learned doctors had found more disease as she undergoes treatment.
She said she ‘kicks herself’ over not regularly checking her breasts and said tissue from the breast implants she got aged 19 made it harder to detect any anomalies in her chest.
The star admitted that after gaining around 25 pounds and feeling pain in her left breast beginning in October, she underwent a mammogram and three biopsies – which resulted in a diagnosis of stage 2 cribriform carcinoma breast cancer.
She said: ‘When I felt it, my heart dropped and I was like oh my god. Nobody could take me, so I walked into every breast care center. It’s horrifying because every day and every minute that passes, you know it’s growing.
Only a month later, a mammogram finally confirmed her fears – Eggert had stage 2 breast cancer.
She said: ‘My heart dropped, I lost all hearing, everything sank. It’s named invasive cribriform carcinoma. It’s very rare.’
‘The self-exams, I’m telling you, I kick myself. That’s the one thing I should have been doing.’
However, she says, tissue from her breast implants made self-exams difficult, saying: ‘If I didn’t have them and I had my smaller, natural breasts, I am sure I would have felt it much sooner’ – before branding the implants a ‘huge mistake.’
She reflected on the show while attending the TCA Summer 2024 Press Tour – part of a promotional campaign for new documentary After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun
L-R: Executive producer Matthew Felkner, Traci Bingham, Carmen Electra, Billy Warlock, Jeremy Jackson, Alexandra Paul, David Chockachi, Nicole Eggert and talent producer Erika Eleniak onstage at the event in Pasadena on Wednesday
The actress made the difficult decision to shave her hair off in March and captured the moment she went about it with the assistance of her daughter
Eggert confirmed she was battling stage 2 breast cancer with fans in December 2023
The star said she has not been contacted about appearing on the Baywatch reboot but is open to the idea just days after the comeback of the highly-popular beach drama was announced.
She told TMZ that she has been in contact with Baywatch’s production company Freemantle over a documentary on the series that she has been working on.
Nicole explained: ‘We have the Baywatch documentary that is ready to be released and you know the timing of it is really working out. But I haven’t talked to anybody as far as me being part of it as talent or anything like that.’
The blonde actress starred on the series as lifeguard Summer Quinn over 44 episodes from 1992 to 1994 and could be potential role under a few conditions.
She said: ‘To be a part of a reboot I guess that would really depend on what that would look like.
‘I mean am I going to put on the red bathing suit? Of course not. Not these days. But if it was to be a parent or a senior lifeguard in the office or something to that extent sure. Or a fun little cameo or something like that.’
‘My heart dropped, I lost all hearing, everything sank. It’s named invasive cribriform carcinoma. It’s very rare,’ she revealed
The blonde bombshell actress starred alongside Pamela Anderson (pictured) on Baywatch from 1992 until 1994
Nicole features in the new documentary, but has ruled out the possibility of starring in a mooted Baywatch reboot
