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Adele Roberts broke down in tears as she discussed her cancer battle during an emotional interview on Fearne Cotton's Happy Place podcast.

The DJ, 45, got incredibly upset as she admitted she 'blamed herself' when she first received her bowel cancer diagnosis.

Adele was first diagnosed with bowel cancer in October 2021 and documented her treatment on social media, which included colostomy surgery to remove a bowel tumour and having a stoma bag fitted.

Nine months after being diagnosed, and after receiving chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment, Adele was declared cancer free, and now lives with a stoma bag, which she has named Audrey. 

She said: 'I totally thought that I had caused it [the cancer]. My first thought was "Am I going to die?". But once he [the doctor] said he could help me, it's all I held onto. 

'And when he said it wasn't my fault that's when I just cried and got so emotional.'

After starting chemotherapy, Adele detailed the treatment's early side-effects which by December 2021 included a metallic taste in her mouth, swollen fingers and sore teeth.

Speaking about how she coped with the mental and physical struggle of chemotherapy, Adele said there was some nights she would ask herself "Why me?"'

She added: 'There were a couple of nights where I was in so much pain and I though why me? There were a few times I'd thought what have I done? Why's it happening?

'It felt like I was being punished for something. But then I realised it was all part of me getting better. It [cancer] definitely got me a couple of nights.'

Adele candidly admitted that her cancer diagnosis and having a stoma fitted has helped her have

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