The 50-year-old says she has undergone her first chemotherapy since joining the “exclusive club you’d rather not be a part of”. She is best known for her work on UK property programs including Help! My House Is Falling Down and Sarah Beeny’s new life in the country. In an interview with The Telegraph, Beeny said she had a “bit of a meltdown” after being diagnosed in a hospital conference room. She says that in addition to starting chemotherapy last week, she is due to have a mastectomy and radiation therapy in the New Year. She cut her hair at the weekend with the help of her children and husband, telling The Telegraph: ‘Graham was trying to cut it nicely, but the boys – well, they’re not going to be famous hairdressers. “They said I looked like Cersei Lannister from Game of Thrones – I mean she’s beautiful so I was kind of flattered but my hair is now about a centimeter in some places and an inch in others.” When she was 10, Beeny lost her 39-year-old mother to breast cancer. She said of her own diagnosis: “The nurse was so sweet and they were so kind to me, but I thought, ‘You don’t understand. I waited 40 years to hear those words. I knew I would hear them one day.” Ms Beeny has four children – Rafferty, Laurie, Billy and Charlie – and married her husband, artist Graham Swift, in 2003. Despite her diagnosis, she says she will continue to work and is focusing on a new Channel 4 series and book she has planned for later this year. She added: “I’m lucky because I live in a family where we all talk.” She said she plans to draw on her “inner strength” throughout treatment.
