YouTuber Grace Helbig reveals ‘triple-positive breast cancer’ diagnosis
YouTuber Grace Helbig has revealed she has been diagnosed with triple-positive breast cancer.
The content creator shared the “shocking” news in an eight-minute video on her YouTube and Instagram page.
Addressing her fans, she started the video by saying, “I don’t know how to do this, so we’re just going to do this.
“I have breast cancer.”
Ms Helbig said she has now had a “decent” amount of time to process the diagnosis and to start “the process”, after being told the news last month.
Ms Helbig joined the video streaming site 16 years ago and has now accumulated over two million subscribers – she is known for her viral challenges and comedic vlogs.
In the video, she said: “From every doctor or medical professional or person who has any knowledge about cancer, they have said it’s super treatable, highly beatable.”
“We’re going for cure not remission here. Which is exciting, encouraging, helpful, good.”
Ms Helbig said the treatment plan “looks like” six rounds of chemotherapy, which she said is then followed by hormonal therapy.
The YouTuber said she wanted to open up to fans as she has felt as though she had been “existing with a big secret.”
Ms Helbig said before her diagnosis, she had noticed a “weird lump” in her left breast, which she brought up in her gynaecologist appointment.
“I had sort of noticed a weird lump in my left breast, but I really had to talk myself into bringing it up to her in the appointment because I thought I was just a stupid little girl that didn’t know how girl bodies worked and it’s probably just muscle tissue,” she said.
“Thank God I listened to that little voice inside of me that finally got the courage to bring it up to her because she also thought it was abnormal.”
She also encouraged viewers to “get those lumps checked” and advised people not to be afraid to “ask a doctor what you might think is a stupid question.”
‘I’m ready to take this on’
After reaching out to her gynaecologist, Ms Helbig was then sent in for a mammogram and an ultrasound.
She said she felt “unsettled” after the nurse came back and ordered her to get a biopsy.
“The real kicker is when I got the biopsy,” she said.
She explained that the doctor that was doing the biopsy mentioned her own diagnosis five years ago, which Ms Helbig said, “I think in hindsight she might have been trying to show me… ‘look at where I’m at five years later. I’m a doctor doing your biopsy. Not all hope is lost.'”
YouTuber Hank Green, who also recently revealed he had been diagnosed with cancer, shared his support for Ms Helbig publicly in a tweet with heart emojis.
Pic: vlogbrothers/YouTube
Ms Helbig mentioned the two of them have been in touch and said: “I have been texting with him and his videos have been so incredibly helpful.
“And I am now eagerly awaiting his cancer stand-up to read through, which he has promised to send me because I’m going to need comedy through this process.”
Looking into the future, the YouTube star said she will still continue to make episodes for her podcast This Might Get Weird.
Ending the video, Ms Helbig added: “I’m doing well, and I’m ready to take this on.”
Read more from Sky News:
Meta to launch a rival to Twitter
Students ‘traumatised’ after deaths of classmates on Greek island
According to the National Cancer Institute, triple-positive breast cancer is a type of breast cancer in which the tumour cells have estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors and a larger-than-normal number of HER2 receptors on their surface.
Triple-positive cancers tend to be more aggressive and often occur in younger people.
HER2-positive – is a breast cancer that tests positive for a protein called human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2).
“This protein promotes the growth of cancer cells,” the Mayo Clinic website says.
There are different treatments available depending on the type of cancer and stage. Cancers that are further along may be treated with chemotherapy, radiation, and other targeted or hormone therapies.
Kanye West’s Yeezy online shopping platform has been taken down after selling T-shirts featuring a swastika.
The rapper, also known as Ye, used a Super Bowl commercial on Sunday to send people to his website to buy the clothing emblazoned with the Nazi symbol – an image often used by the extreme-right.
The ecommerce platform Shopify, which hosts many online shops and businesses, has deactivated his site and his domain name yeez.com is being sold for $98,999 (£79,692).
Shopify said in an emailed statement to Sky News’ sister channel NBC News: “All merchants are responsible for following the rules of our platform. This merchant did not engage in authentic commerce practices and violated our terms so we removed them from Shopify.”
West’s representative is yet to respond to a request from NBC for comment.
The white T-shirts featured a black swastika on the front and were the only items for sale on the front page of yeezy.com.
No text or explanation accompanied the item, just the letters “HH-01.” They were available for $20 (£16).
Initially, West’s site showed a notice from Shopify which said the store was “unavailable”.
yeez.com was taken offline by Shopify, the e-commerce platform which was hosting his shop
But the site now redirects to the registrar GoDaddy, the platform which manages yeez.com, where a page shows the domain name is for sale.
GoDaddy has not yet responded to questions about the sale and whether it was enforced by the company or initiated by West.
The domain name yeez.com can be bought for $98,999 (£79,692)
The decision to sell the T-shirt triggered widespread criticism, including from the Anti-Defamation League (ADF) which posted a statement on X on Monday, describing the shirt sales as further proof of West’s antisemitism.
The organisation, formed to combat anti-Jewish bigotry and discrimination, explained that the swastika was adopted by Hitler and “continues to threaten and instil fear in those targeted by antisemitism and white supremacy”.
The ADF also said the T-shirt was labelled on Kanye’s website as ‘HH-01’ – suggesting this was code for “Heil Hitler”.
Read more from Sky News:
Steve Bannon avoids jail after admitting fraud
Ukraine targets fuel used by Russian military
Armie Hammer addresses cannibalism claims
West has in recent days been posting antisemitic messages on X, as well as writing “I love Hitler” and “I’m a Nazi”. His account then had a “sensitive content warning” added to it before he posted a final message.
“I’m logging out of Twitter,” he wrote. “I appreciate [X owner] Elon [Musk] for allowing me to vent.”
After his account was deactivated on Monday, his spokesperson Milo Yiannopoulos issued an explanation.
“Ye is an intergenerational artist and icon who continues to redefine the limits of creativity and free expression. He has deactivated his X account for the time being,” he said in a statement.
The Campaign Against Antisemitism was joined by Friends star David Schwimmer in calling for Elon Musk to remove West from X over a string of offensive posts.
One of the most successful figures in hop-hip, West built up a fashion brand called Yeezy which began as a collaboration with Adidas. But the German sportswear giant cut ties with him in 2022 over his antisemitic remarks and eventually reached a settlement in October.
A pilot has died after a private jet owned by Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil crashed into another plane at an airport in Arizona.
Neil was not on board at the time of the collision, which happened off the runway at Scottsdale Airport on Monday afternoon.
Neil’s girlfriend Rain Andreani and her friend suffered injuries which are not thought to be life-threatening.
They were taken to hospital with the jet’s co-pilot, who was also injured.
Emergency responders work on Vince Neil’s plane after the collision. Pic: AP
“While details are still emerging, our hearts go out to the families of both the pilot who lost his life and the passengers who suffered injuries,” Motley Crue said in a statement.
“Motley Crue will announce a way to help support the family of the deceased pilot – stand by for an announcement very soon”.
Rain Andreani broke five ribs in the crash and the dogs the women were travelling with survived, TMZ reports.
Read more from Sky News:
Teacher admits stabbing girl, 7, to death
Nationwide power outage blamed on monkey
Dozens of unexploded WW2 bombs found in playpark
Pic: AP
Neil’s jet was arriving from Austin, Texas, when one of its two sets of landing gears failed.
The Learjet veered off the runway after landing and crashed into a Gulfstream 200 business jet.
Neil’s lawyer said the singer is “grateful for the critical aid of all first responders assisting today”.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the incident was under investigation.
Motley Crue enjoyed major success throughout the 1980s, selling more than 100 million records.
Vince Neil fronted the rock band from their formation in 1981 until he left in 1992.
He later reunited with the band in 1996 and fronted them until they retired in 2015, and again from the band’s 2018 reunion onwards.
-
Sports2 years ago‘Storybook stuff’: Inside the night Bryce Harper sent the Phillies to the World Series
-
Sports10 months agoStory injured on diving stop, exits Red Sox game
-
Sports1 year agoGame 1 of WS least-watched in recorded history
-
Sports2 years agoMLB Rank 2023: Ranking baseball’s top 100 players
-
Sports3 years ago
Team Europe easily wins 4th straight Laver Cup
-
Environment2 years agoJapan and South Korea have a lot at stake in a free and open South China Sea
-
Environment2 years agoGame-changing Lectric XPedition launched as affordable electric cargo bike
-
Business2 years agoBank of England’s extraordinary response to government policy is almost unthinkable | Ed Conway