Jessie J may have “reported no” hugging Princess Kate Middleton — but decided to throw caution to the wind.
“I just saw a mom who’s also been through cancer publicly and I just wanted to give her a hug,” Jessie J, 37, shared in an appearance on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at this morning. “It was as simple as that.”
Kate, 43, who shares Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, and Prince Louis, 7, with her husband. Prince William – he announced that he was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer in March 2024. He revealed that he did in remission earlier this year. Meanwhile, the “Price Tag” singer, who shares son Sky, 2, with his partner, Safir Colman will sing – was diagnosed with breast cancer in June
Although she was “respectful” and asked for a hug, Jessie J went on to say that she “didn’t see” Kate as just the “Princess of Wales”.
“It’s inspiring and I know the days it may have passed,” he explained. “I just wanted to give her a mother-to-mother, human-to-human hug.”
In June, Jessie J revealed that she was diagnosed with “early breast cancer.”
“I’m putting the word out early. Cancer hurts in any form, but I’m sticking to the word early,” the singer told fans in a social media video at that time. “I’ve been in and out of trials this whole time. I just wanted to be open and share it. One, because, selfishly, I don’t talk about it enough. I’m not processing it because I’m working so hard. I also know how sharing has helped me in the past with other people giving me their love and support and also their own stories. I’m an open book.”
Jessie J she underwent a mastectomy later that month and was due to undergo a second surgery which had to be postponed.
Nearly six months later, Jessie J gave an update on her health, noting that she’s feeling “fine” and has been enjoying sharing updates on her social media.
“It’s been a great opportunity to really show that side of my personality, which is that I’m the type of person who in difficult times … puts down an umbrella and keeps walking in the rain,” she explained. this morning on wednesday “My blessings outweigh everything that’s happened. And the beauty of it all is that I’ve spent quality time with my mom, I’m more present as a dad … I’m here.”
Aside from reconnecting with her mother and as a father, Jessie J added that she’s also been able to “have these beautiful connecting conversations with people.”
“I’ve had friends check their breasts and say, ‘I found something and I’m going to get it looked at,’ which would never have happened before,” she shared. “I never would have thought that I would have found a lump and it would have been cancer, but it was. And you face it, and we move through positivity, and I’m thankful that I didn’t have chemotherapy. My story was very simple in the best way it could have been.”
In addition to her battle with cancer, Jessie J has also been open recently other health struggles she has passed
“I just got my first record deal and I had a stroke,” he said in an interview the guardian on Saturday November 29. “Then, when I was about to put out music in 2020, I had a car accident and my larynx went up and I couldn’t sing for a year.”
Jessie J is giving fans an update of sorts after she was hospitalized with an apparent infection following her breast cancer diagnosis. “I finally got a diagnosis of what was going on. A lot of people have been asking me, Dad, is it called…Dramatic? I think that’s the spelling,” he wrote on Sunday through his Instagram stories (…)
In addition to the first set of obstacles, Jessie J revealed that as a child she was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a health condition that can cause an irregular fast heartbeat, dizziness and heart palpitations.
Although she has faced significant health challenges, Jessie J shared that her mom and dad “always did a great job of not making it the final one” in her life.
“And he didn’t make me define my character by my worst days,” he told the network. “That was amazing and it’s carried me through now. They’ve made me live life more, eat better, train more. They’ve made me live in the moment.”