Jessie J is talking candidly about the difficulties she faced juggling parenthood and her battle with breast cancer.
The 37-year-old singer apologized for missing out on valuable time with her 2-year-old son, Sky, while undergoing treatment on an episode of the Great Company with Jamie Laing podcast that aired Tuesday, August 19.
I cried yesterday because I’m missing my boy. Regarding her son, whom she shares with boyfriend Chanan Safir Colman, Jessie J remarked, “I feel robbed and I can’t be a mom like I want to be a mom.”
“The worst part is that I feel like I’ve lost memories with my boy because of cancer,” she continued. And anyone who has a child understands how much they change at that period. He’s talking while you’re blinking.
Although the episode wasn’t released, Jessie J made her breast cancer diagnosis public for the first time on the podcast in May. She made a comeback for the most recent show to talk about her experience after having a mastectomy in June.
The Price Tag singer said that she had terrible days and that she had worried about dying when she was first diagnosed.
I had been afraid. “I’m going to die,” she said, and I thought. On several occasions, I thought, “This is going to go left and I’m going to die.” I was unsure at the time if I would require substantial therapy. I had no idea what it would be.
Jessie J described finding a bulge in her breast, which the doctors initially said was most likely a cyst. Subsequent tests revealed that there was roughly 4-5 cm of malignancy.
“I just started crying,” she recounted. The physicians tell you the outcome and then say, “We’ll be in touch,” which I believe is why I was certain it wouldn’t be anything. You’re like, “Yeah, what happens next?” at that point.
Jessie also thought back on her final London performance at the Summertime Ball prior to surgery.
She claimed that the moment I relived in my mind was the source of my exhilaration and vigor before I was put to sleep. I was overwhelmed by the unfathomable amount of love I received throughout my twenty-five minutes onstage.
Her most recent interview comes after Jessie revealed on Instagram that she will require more surgery later this year.
