Danielle Lloyd has announced she’s been diagnosed with skin cancer.
The 41-year-old model and former Miss Great Britain winner took to her Instagram Stories on Friday (February 14) to share her devastating health news. The mum-of-five has always been open about her health issues and urged followers to get checked for any potential signs of the disease.
The former Celebrity Big Brother star said in a clip: “I don’t really know how to say this and I didn’t know whether to come on and say it but I feel like I have to raise awareness of this. Today I have been diagnosed with a form of skin cancer.”
Danielle broke down in tears as she continued: “Anyone who thinks they’ve got something funny on their body – please go to your doctor. You just never know.”
(Image: Instagram)
The Celebrity Big Brother star thanked her doctors and medical staff for looking after her and explained she was going to have an operation to check how serious the diagnosis was.
The mum-of-five added: “I’ve got to have an operation to see if it’s spread. Look after your skin, stay of sunbeds, wear factor 50 – you never know what’s going to happen.”
(Image: Instagram/ @missdlloyd)
Danielle shares two children – Ronnie, six, and Autumn Rose, two, with husband Michael O’Neill. She also has three children – Archie, 13, George, 12, and Harry, 10 – with ex-husband Jamie O’Hara.
The model was crowned Miss England in 2004 and Miss Great Britain in 2006. She famously posed naked on the cover of Playboy magazine in 2006 and appeared in men’s magazines such as Zoo Weekly, Nuts and Loaded.
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She was a housemate on Celebrity Big Brother in 2007 and has since gone on to appear in TV shows such as celebrity editions of Come Dine with Me, Splash! and celeb talent show Get Your Act Together.
In 2023, she was a recruit on the fifth series of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins. She appeared with the likes of singer Gareth Gates, MP Matt Hancock, and Love Island star Teddy Soares.
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