Nicole Eggert is best known for her role as Roberta Summer Quinn in Baywatch. Eggert, who hadn’t been seen in 18 months until June 2023 recently revealed that she had been diagnosed with a form of breast cancer in December.
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Nicole spoke with People to talk about her diagnosis, from when she first found the lump to getting her diagnosis. Moreover, the Baywatch star revealed that she is still unclear what kind of treatment she needs and she also talks about how hard it was to get that first appointment.
As we learn about Nicole Eggert’s cancer journey, what has the actress been doing since she left Baywatch?
Nicole Eggert has been diagnosed with breast cancer
On Monday, January 8, 2024, Nicole Eggert revealed to People that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. She explained that she had gained weight and then felt pain in her left breast in October 2023.
The actress, 52, said that at first, she thought her symptoms were due to menopause, but after checking her breast herself, she felt a lump and ‘immediately’ went to get it checked.
She told People:
It really was throbbing and hurting. I immediately went to my general practitioner and she told me I had to immediately go get it looked at.
She then revealed that getting an appointment was difficult as ‘everything was booked’ and she had to wait until the end of November to get the lump checked out.
Nicole Eggert was diagnosed with stage 2 cribriform carcinoma breast cancer, she is currently waiting to find out whether she will have surgery first then chemotherapy, or have chemotherapy first and then surgery. Nicole also doesn’t know whether the cancer has spread elsewhere in her body.
I can definitely feel it. It's there. It needs to be taken out. So it's just a matter of do I have to do treatment before the surgery or can they perform the surgery and then I do the treatment after.
She then added that knowing the lump is still there plays on her mind and she sometimes has panic attacks:
I have panics where I'm like, just get this out of me
What is Nicole Eggert doing now?
Nicole Eggert rose to fame during the late 80s and early 90s. From 1987 to 1990 she played Jamie Powell on Charles in Charge and then from 1992 to 1994 she played Summer Quinn in Baywatch.
After those shows, Nicole appeared in several other TV shows, including Married…with Children, Boy Meets World, and Gilmore Girls and several movies too. However, she doesn’t act as often as she used to.
Nicole has also appeared on reality shows such as Celebrity Fit Club, Splash, Botched, and Battle of the Network Stars and an episode of The Bachelor as there was a Baywatch-themed date.
According to Bestofonline, Eggert opened an ice cream truck business in 2014 called Scoops. Her ice cream truck mainly parties and events. She told OWN's Where Are They Now? in 2015:
You're not going to see it driving around your local neighborhood.
However, her ice cream truck business may no longer be operational as the last social media post from the business was posted in 2016.
Nicole Eggert is now a mum of two, Dilyn, 25, and Keegan, 12 and is a single mum. She revealed that her eldest daughter ‘wants nothing to do’ with acting but her youngest is a ‘little performer’.
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Sources used:
Daily Mail: ‘Baywatch star Nicole Eggert, 51, reveals she was diagnosed with breast cancer a month ago: 'This journey's been rough for me'
People: ‘Baywatch Alum Nicole Eggert, 51, Diagnosed with Breast Cancer: 'This Journey's Been Rough'
Bestofonline: ‘See "Charles in Charge" and "Baywatch" Star Nicole Eggert Now at 50’
