Model tells of tears in ‘goodbye’ before brain tumour treatment
CAPRICE BOURRET broke down in tears as she spoke of saying goodbye to her three-year-old sons and her partner before going into surgery for a brain tumour.
The model and businesswoman, who earlier this year pulled out of winter sports programme The Jump after being diagnosed with the growth, said she had a new appreciation for her life after initially fearing she was going to die.
The 45-year-old US star said learning of the brain tumour was particularly difficult because she waited for a long time to find the “right partner” – Ty Comfort -– and have children.
With her voice breaking, Bourret said of going into surgery: “I told my boys I was going away for work. But I do remember, I told Ty to just drop me off at the hospital. I said ‘I’m going to be fine, I know it, I feel it’.
“So he dropped me off and he ended up coming in, and when he left, I just remember being in my bed and praying to my dad in heaven.”
Speaking through her tears, the lingerie company boss said: “I’m like, please I just want to wake up and I want to be OK. And it was the first time it really hit me, when something like this happens, you’re just in shock.”
Having only recently spoken about her health battle, Bourret, who underwent a seven-and-ahalf-hour operation a month ago, said talking about it now makes her feel “vulnerable”.
“I was such a pillar of strength because I thought this was the right thing for my family,” she said. “I didn’t have the support system because I didn’t tell anyone.
“And then this is the first time I’m really talking about it. But it’s a good thing, because I came out of this and I’m OK now. I feel very supported and very vulnerable, because I haven’t been vulnerable (yet).”
Bourett learned of the growth after suffering a minor injury while taking part in Channel 4’s The Jump in Austria, having undergone a full body scan.