Millions of Indian viewers will today be able to watch the moment when Jade Goody, the loud-mouthed British reality TV star, is told by her doctor that she is suffering from cervical cancer.

Goody, 27, received the diagnosis while appearing on Bigg Boss, the Indian version of Big Brother. After speaking to her consultant in the UK by telephone in the Diary Room, she reportedly burst into tears and told her housemates: “I have cancer”.

She immediately quit the show. (…) There was some confusion about whether the Diary Room footage would be aired but a source at Endemol, the show’s creators, said today that Goody had given her consent for it to be broadcast.

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related { One of the decisions confronting the parents of young teenage girls is whether to agree to give them the vaccine for human papillomavirus, which prevents cervical cancer. }

READ MORE >> weirdos, showbiz, health | August 22nd, 2008