Celebrity Big Brother’s Trisha Goddard reveals ‘vicious’ side effects of ‘wonder’ cancer drug that’s prolonging her life
CELEBRITY Big Brother’s Trisha Goddard has revealed the “vicious” side effects of the “wonder’ cancer drug she’s taking that’s prolonging her life.
Trisha, 67, was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer in 2023, having first got the disease in 2008.
The popular presenter is currently living in the Celebrity Big Brother house alongside a host of famous faces.
On last night’s episode she bravely opened up about the gruelling side effects of a “wonder drug” that she is taking to help prolong her life.
Although she didn’t disclose what the treatment is called, she revealed how it had taken its toll on her.
In a conversation with Donna Preston in the garden Trisha said: “It’s my new normal.
“I’ve stopped being scared before scans now.
“My cancer count has come down and down and down, this drug is working,
“But this new drug, that people hail as a wonder drug… what people don’t know, is it is one of the most vicious drugs to take.
Talking about the side affects she said: “(I get) Terrible constipation muscle aches, taste affected, eye sight affected.
“But if I hadn’t have had it, I wouldn’t be here, so it’s last call at the rodeo drug.”
ONGOING TREATMENT
Whilst in the CBB house, Trisha is continuing to receive cancer treatment.
Previously speaking to The Mirror, she revealed how her oncologist is working alongside the Big Brother team.
“I’ve got a special therapist who’s happy to work with the medic on the show,” she explained.
She then said: “My palliative care team – and when I say that word everybody screams and runs away, but it’s symptom treatment – is working with the team here too.
“And then when it comes to my treatment, I had one infusion on Monday, so I’ve got to jump on a plane and go straight back to have the next one as soon as the show is over.”
Trisha then spoke about the “bag full of meds” that she has with her while in the house
She also revealed how her oncologist has planned her treatment around the production schedule.
Trisha also has her own room in the Celebrity Big Brother house to keep her as comfortable as possible.
TERMINAL DIAGNOSIS
Trisha was told two years ago her cancer had reached staged four.
However, she waited until last year to break the news of her terminal diagnosis.
In February 2024, she told fans: “It’s not going to go away.”
She continued: “And with that knowledge comes grief, and fear.
“But I must keep enjoying what I have always enjoyed.”
It has since been revealed she’d actually been given her heartbreaking diagnosis 19 months before, but chose to keep it private so she could “process” it.
Speaking on the brand new episode of Davina McCall’s Begin Again podcast, she explained more and said: “I wasn’t going to tell anybody until I was ready.
“That meant, those people at the wedding only knew after the wedding and nobody knew until…. you know Princess Catherine came out about hers.”
“My colleagues at CNN didn’t know. They didn’t know I was having chemo every bloody week.
“Literally one time I got off the table from radiation treatment, went straight to work. They thought I was mad.”
“I didn’t have a day off work, not a single day. And nobody knew for 19 months. Nobody knew.”
Celebrity Big Brother continues tonight at 9pm on ITV1 and ITVX.
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Celebrity Big Brother 2025 line-up
Celebrity Big Brother is back for a brand new series, with a whole host of stars set to live it up in the famous compound.
Here’s the FULL line-up of star housemates:
Trisha Goddard – Talk show host
Mickey Rourke – Hollywood actor
Donna Preston – comedian and TV star
JoJo Siwa – influencer and singer
Chris Hughes – Love Island hunk
Jack P. Shepherd – Coronation Street star
Patsy Palmer – EastEnders legend
Daley Thompson – Olympic athlete
Chesney Hawkes – 90s singer
Ella Rae Wise – Towie star
Michael Fabricant – former Tory politician
Angellica Bell – former CBBC presenter
Danny Beard – Drag queen and Britain’s Got Talent