Real reason Trisha Goddard signed up for Celebrity Big Brother despite terminal breast cancer diagnosis

TRISHA Goddard is preparing to head into the Celebrity Big Brother house – and we can reveal the real reason why she has signed up.

The former talk show host, 67, told last year how she had been given a terminal diagnosis after her returned.

explained how her cancer was ‘treatable not curable' and that she was continuing to work.

She also gave away a big clue that points to why she has signed up to this year's CBB.

The telly star is determined to not let her prognosis affect her daily life and has vowed to continue “enjoying what I have always enjoyed”.

Trisha said she does not want to become “a poster girl for cancer”, adding: “It's not who I am. It's not why I'm here.”

The star is also adamant that people should not change how they perceive her.

Trisha told HELLO!: “[The disease] is not going to go away, and with that knowledge comes grief, and fear.

“But I must keep enjoying what I have always enjoyed.”

Trisha is best known for her self-titled morning talkshow, which ran from 1998 to 2010.

Prior to that, she hosted the children's programme Play School from 1987 to 1998.

The star has appeared on multiple other TV programmes over the years, including ‘s and Dancing On Ice.

Last year, she guest presented Good Morning Britain and she is a host on .

On Monday, she will enter the house alongside as the new series gets underway on ITV.

Fellow housemates include superstar , ‘ and Corrie star .

In 2022, Trisha revealed her cancer had returned just a month before her wedding ceremony to.

She was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2008 following a hospital visit for a running injury.

Trisha had to undergo two operations and several months of chemotherapy.

The TV presenter thought she had fully recovered from the illness, but doctors found the cancer had spread to her bones.

In February last year, Trisha confirmed her stage 4 diagnosis after keeping it a secret for 18 months.

Speaking on ITV’s, she told presentersand: “It’s not who I am, it’s what I’m living with.

“And coming back to people with, I think we do them a disservice when we use words like ‘brave’, ‘champion’, ‘hero’, ‘survivor’, because they just want to grasp the life they have, and drink life to the lees.

“And I don’t want everything to be ‘Oh, you look so good’, in brackets ‘considering you’ve got cancer’.”;

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