Mel McLaughlin is reportedly set to reveal her shock cancer diagnosis in an exclusive interview with Mark Ferguson.
The Channel Seven sports presenter, 46, who has been absent from on-air duties since January, has been quietly undergoing treatment for months, The Daily Telegraph reports.
McLaughlin is expected to speak publicly about her diagnosis for the first time during Wednesday night’s Seven News 6pm bulletin.
According to the publication, McLaughlin was diagnosed before the start of the summer cricket series late last year.
McLaughlin has been off-air since January and was meant to return to work in February.
However, that period was extended, with Seven confirming she would not be back on air until March 15 ‘at the earliest.’
Mel McLaughlin is reportedly set to reveal her shock cancer diagnosis in an exclusive interview with Mark Ferguson
The Channel Seven sports presenter, 46, who has been absent from on-air duties since January, has been quietly undergoing treatment for months, according to The Daily Telegraph
The news comes after it was confirmed that McLaughlin and her boyfriend, British football manager Ashley Westwood, split after 10 years together last year.
According to news.com, the separation was said to have occurred before or after Westwood left his coaching job at the Hong Kong Football Club in November.
Westwood and McLaughlin kept a very low profile during their relationship.
The pair met in late 2015 while she was in India working for Star TV on contract with Network Ten.
Westwood, a father of five by three different women, and his second wife Huma, were staying at the same Mumbai hotel when he and McLaughlin met.
Westwood, who was coaching a Malaysian soccer team at the time, has since said his romance with McLaughlin began in 2016, after his marriage ended.
In January that same year, McLaughlin made headlines when she was propositioned by West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle while he played for the Melbourne Renegades.
During a live cross, Gayle asked McLaughlin for a drink after a Big Bash League game in Hobart and then told her, ‘Don’t blush, baby,’ when she looked embarrassed.
The news comes after it was confirmed that McLaughlin and her boyfriend, British football manager Ashley Westwood, split after 10 years together last year
The pair met in late 2015 while she was in India working for Star TV on contract with Network Ten
Gayle was later fined $10,000 and insisted he was joking.
McLaughlin was already divorced when she met Westwood, having separated from her musician husband Luke Panic in 2014.
The glamorous presenter, who was born and raised in Sydney, rose to prominence after joining Fox Sports in 2007.
Six years later, McLaughlin was poached by Network Ten to host their Big Bash coverage.
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