Sarah Beeny

[Softoprider]

I watch her programmes on TV, particularly the latest one about the house she built in Somereset (I think). It seems to me that she is on the TV a lot with new programmes all about property. I get that she makes good telly but I wince when the husband and the sons are interviewed - particularly the husband who does not seem to have a job but has plenty to say.
This latest programme I watched last night about her breast cancer made me feel very uncomfortable and sad.
She's got cancer, she has had chemo and a double mastectomy and yet she made light of it with the sons cutting her hair and the husband talking as if it were something and nothing. When her hair fell out and she cried so did I. I just wish she could have kept this part of her life private and not used the awfulness of it all to make money.
I do hope she makes a full recovery as I like her but this was all too damn much and for anyone else suffering from breast cancer I hope they find it as easy as she appeared to make it but I doubt it.
The husband makes me cringe. Sorry but he does. He's not famous but you wouldn't know it

I'm not sure you watched the same programme I did ... I saw a lot of holding it together and putting a brave face on it, but can't say I saw any 'making light' of anything in the very stressful situation. I found it very interesting and emotional.

Having had cancer I appreciated her honestly and found how she and her family handled her diagnosis very positive.

And how do you know if she was paid for this programme or not, she could of donated the lot to charity - it is none of your business.

This.

What a horrible thread. I know people like to gossip about others but this is the depths of poor taste.

Poor Sarah (who always seems lovely to me). I hope she doesn't get wind of this thread.

Indeed...and don't dare create a better life for yourself than I've had.

Why didn't you spend two minutes Googling her husband? You seem to want to paint him as some unemployed sponger who should sit down and shut up.

What a horrid bullying pile on you’ve had op. How ironic of posters telling you that you’re horrible and unpleasant! Sorry you’ve been through the mill with cancer. It’s a horrible disease and must be especially so if you’re not cushioned with the blessings others have in their lives.

So the OP doesn't like people being unpleasant to her but absolutely does not care that what she has written is in the public arena and may be read by the target of her unkind post? That her husband and children might read?

I didn’t want to watch it as I thought it would be depressing but I turned it on and couldn’t turn it off.

I don’t think she made light of anything. As PP said, all I saw was someone just about holding it together for the sake of her family and what else can you do? I found it very moving and her very authentic.

I think programmes like this are enormously helpful, to get a real sense of what breast cancer treatment may involve, look like, to see how other women cope, with the hair loss, the sickness, how to be around your children. I think it’s badly done to say this is a primarily a money-making exercise or seeking attention. She is a presenter, this is her skill, much like Davina McCall when she makes documentaries about the menopause or the pill. You sound as if you are saying she should ‘stay in her lane’ (now there’s a depressing world view for you). As it turns out, breast cancer now very much is her lane. And mine, and God only knows how many other women. She is dealing with in the best way she knows how.

Out of interest

Would you ever have voiced what you did in your OP in RL? To friends and colleagues?

I thought she was bloody amazing and dealt with it in a way that helped her & her family to get through it. Different strokes for different folks and all that.

I think she was trying to make the point how much has changed since her mother's death and that it shouldn't be automatically considered a death sentence.

I wish her all the best. 🥰

OP, you don't get to decide how anyone with cancer deports themselves. It is entirely their life and decision. It's one of the most annoying things about a diagnosis - random people having an opinion on how others with cancer "should" behave.

I wonder how people like the OP are with their children, I really do. I suspect an almost permanent cats bum expression is on her face.

Really horrible thread.

It was always going to be obvious what the programme was about / like. If you didn’t like the sound of it why watch it?!

Really fed up with people judging others like SB and Dame Deborah James etc etc (and there’s many more!) for using their following to share their experiences (note “their” experiences) about cancer. The more awareness and subsequent fundraising can only be a positive thing.

Absolutely this.

I am looking forward to seeing Sarah Beeny with her trademark hair and leather jacket, producing another of her wonderful fantastic property shows.

Yes you are, massively!

I don’t think she made light of anything. As PP said, all I saw was someone just about holding it together for the sake of her family and what else can you do? I found it very moving and her very authentic.

Does no one here know people quietly and desperately holding it together without a camera crew around to document their 'journey'? One of my neighbours is a single mother in her early 40s with two young children and stage 4 breast cancer. She used to work freelance, lost regular clients when she was going through her own double mastectomy, and the family's income and lifestyle have been hugely affected by her illness. I'm sorry that Sarah Beeny's ill and I wish her well but I'll save my tears and worry for my neighbour.

I wish Sarah and her family all the very best
this was her story, told her way.

She was Interviewed about the documentary on this morning and Josie Gibson told her she knew she'd be fine as she's such a fighter or something along those lines. That's what annoys me more than anything the notion that if you are a fighter you'll be ok. You don't fight cancer it either gets you or it doesn't. If that was the case my lovely sister wouldn't have died from it, she was a very strong women.

I too have reported this thread. I'm not sure if you have a bigger issue with Sarah's own cancer journey or her husband's employment status. Either way, it just seems like a personal attack to me.

You sound more unkind with each post. Its possible (for most people) to sympathise with people from all backgrounds. I'm glad Sarah is doing everything to raise awareness and noise around breast cancer.

I think it’s great that she’s so open. She’s a very intelligent capable woman, and if she can be so open about how cancer affects her, maybe it will help de-stigmatise it, and help others be open and honest.

And she’s not making any more money than if she were talking about dodgy gutters or paint colours. TV is literally her job, and how she supports herself. If you don’t like it don’t watch 🤷‍♀️

Sarah’s husband is very famous in the art world. His art is fabulous!
https://www.graham-swift.com/

Would the OP prefer he was a plumber, or a banker, or a teacher?