Trisha Goddard felt "very ugly" in the aftermath of her cancer battle.
The 60-year-old TV host overcame breast cancer a decade ago, but Trisha admits that the illness damaged her sense of self-worth and contributed towards her divorce from her third husband Peter Gianfrancesco.
She shared: "I ended up feeling very, very ugly … I did work very hard at keeping the marriage together, but there came a point when I just had to call time, because mentally, physically, everything else, I just couldn’t do it anymore."
The British TV star admitted that her cancer battle took a severe toll on her marriage.
She explained to ITV’s ‘Lorraine’: "How you feel after breast cancer, and what it does to you, and how it affects your love life … there’s a statistic out that says there’s a very high risk of women’s marriages and relationships breaking down after breast cancer, although if a man has cancer it’s not the same way."
In fact, Trisha believes that her illness also led to a change in her husband’s attitude.
She said: "I recovered from breast cancer … I have to say, it probably, in the end, proved a bit of a death knell for my relationship.
"What do you say? It’s difficult. It’s 20 years. He absolutely was my rock, but then things really started going downhill. I think both of us changed."
However, Trisha now has a new man in her life, and their romance has helped her to feel "sexy" again.
She shared: "I didn’t intend to meet him … I’d kind of given up. I don’t know where it’s going to go, what’s going to happen … but I feel womanly again, and if you like, sexy again."
Trisha Goddard: My cancer battle made me feel ‘very ugly’
