or
Sign in with lockrMail
BREAKING NEWS
OK LogoNEWS

Linda Perry's Secret Cancer Battle: Rocker Reveals She Had a Double Mastectomy in 2021

linda perry breast cancer
Source: mega

June 12 2024, Published 10:27 a.m. ET

Link to FacebookShare to XShare to FlipboardShare to Email

Singer Linda Perry revealed she secretly battled b------ cancer in 2021. The 59-year-old was diagnosed with the disease and underwent a double mastectomy at the time, she revealed in a new interview with People.

“I feel so lucky because there’s so many women that don’t get that opportunity,” she said.

Article continues below advertisement
linda perry breast cancer
Source: mega

Linda Perry was married to Sara Gilbert.

Article continues below advertisement

Perry realized she had cancer when she was preparing for an elective b------ reduction surgery, she said in her new documentary Linda Perry: Let It Die Here, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City on June 6. After going under the knife, doctors discovered she had triple negative cancer, which "tends to grow and spread faster," in her b------.

If she hadn't had the surgery, Perry was certain she might not be alive today.

Article continues below advertisement
linda perry breast cancer
Source: mega

The star's doctors discovered she had the disease after getting elective surgery.

Article continues below advertisement

“My doctor basically said the cancer that I had was the kind that she finds in people where they have six months to maybe two years to live,” she said. “And I would’ve never found it, and I would’ve never done anything about it when I started feeling off, because I would’ve thought it was because of my mom and the stressful situation I was under.”

The "Fill Me Up" songstress' doctors recommended she undergo radiation and get a double mastectomy, which she quickly agreed to.

Article continues below advertisement
linda perry breast cancer
Source: mega

The rocker was filming her documentary when she got the news.

MORE ON:
Cancer Battle

Want OK! each day? Sign up here!

Article continues below advertisement

Perry, who shares son Rhodes, 9, with ex Sara Gilbert, was filming Let It Die Here when she got the shocking diagnosis. Though she could have kept quiet, she told director Don Hardy she wanted to share what she was going through with the world.

“The hammer was on me, and this happened in real time. I remember calling Don and going, ‘You’re not going to believe this,’” she recalled. “And he’s like, ‘Well, do you want to talk about it?’ And I’m like, ‘Well, we’re in it. Let’s just do it.’”

Article continues below advertisement
linda perry breast cancer
Source: mega

Linda Perry will also release a new album.

Article continues below advertisement

Now that Perry has a new lease on life, she's getting ready to release her documentary, in addition to a new album.

Article continues below advertisement

Never miss a story — sign up for the OK! newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what OK! has to offer. It’s gossip too good to wait for!

Article continues below advertisement

“I am really finally enjoying this person I’m becoming,” she said. “I’ve always had this thing where I just want to be the best. So much f--------- pressure to be the best. But now I’m like, I just want to be the best at who I am. And that takes a lot of pressure off. I don’t want to be f-------- Superman. I don’t want to save the world. I just want to save the people I can, and I want to be the best person that I am.”

More From OK! Magazine

    Opt-out of personalized ads

    © Copyright 2024 OK!™️. A DIVISION OF MYSTIFY ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK INC. OK! is a registered trademark. All rights reserved. Registration on or use of this site constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy. People may receive compensation for some links to products and services. Offers may be subject to change without notice.