Linda Nolan pulls out of celebrity gig after devastating news cancer has spread to her brain
LINDA Nolan has been forced to pull out of work appearances after her cancer spread to her brain.
The singer – who shared her devastating news on Good Morning Britain on Monday – was supposed to take part in a meet and greet with fans this weekend.
She had signed up to take part in a celebrity luncheon with members of the public and a host of fellow TV stars in Inverness.
However she has remained listed to attend dates for Lunch & Laughs Live alongside Kerry Katona, Gail Porter and Gayle Telfer Stevens, an actress from Scottish soap River City, in September.
A message on their Instagram page on Monday said: “We were all gutted to hear the news about Linda Nolan today.
“Unfortunately, this does mean that she will not be joining us this weekend but we wish her all the very best wishes and our thoughts are with her and her family. xx”
The event is described as: “Fun filled, celebs, secrets, and stories, songs, Q and A’s and lots, and lots of laughter!”
Linda, 64, worried fans after being pictured in a wheelchair outside hospital last week.
But in March 2017, she was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer which was identified after it spread to her hip, following a fall.
She was first diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in 2005 and given the all-clear the next year.
Doctors confirmed they could see no cure – and in May 2020 that it had also spread to her liver.
Her sister Bernie died from breast cancer aged 52 in 2013 after it had spread to her brain, lungs, liver and bones.
Linda’s husband Brian also died from skin cancer in 2007.
She appeared on Good Morning Britain on Monday.
When asked by host Richard Madeley if she felt angry with cancer, Linda replied: “Yeah I won’t lie, there are moments when I am in a heap in the corner crying and I try not to say, ‘Why me?’, because why not me?
“So many people are suffering with this terrible disease, but I talk about it and I always have because maybe I can help someone at home who is on their own.
“It’s okay to cry, it’s okay to feel angry, it’s okay to feel sorry for yourself but just don’t let it overtake you because then cancer’s winning everything, it’s taking your life from you.
“But yes, anger is there. You think, ‘How much more?’ And again, I don’t wanna push it on anybody else’s family but we’ve had such a lot of it in our family. So much heartbreak through it that sometimes you do go, ‘What have I done to deserve this?’ But I won’t let it beat me in that respect.”