CNN's Sara Sidner Emotionally Reveals Stage 3 Breast Cancer Diagnosis
CNN anchor Sara Sidner chokes up as she shares she's been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in an emotional on-air moment on Monday. While closing out a segment on CNN News Central, the 51-year-old correspondent explains how she's pushing through the health battle while pleading with viewers to be proactive before they face a similar health struggle.
CNN anchor Sara Sidner chokes up as she shares she's been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in an emotional on-air moment on Monday. While closing out a segment on CNN News Central, the 51-year-old correspondent explains how she's pushing through the health battle while pleading with viewers to be proactive before they face a similar health struggle.
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00:00Here I am with stage 3 breast cancer. It is hard to say out loud.
00:05CNN's Sarah Seidner emotionally breaking down as she reveals her stage 3 breast cancer diagnosis.
00:12I always tell myself that I have two minds. I have the news mind and then I have
00:16my personal thoughts and feelings and things that happen.
00:19On Monday, the anchor took a step back from her news mind for a moment to share her personal
00:24story on air. Tearing up as she tells viewers about her health battle.
00:28I have never been sick a day of my life. I don't smoke. I rarely drink. Breast cancer
00:33does not run in my family and yet here I am with stage 3 breast cancer. It is hard to say out loud.
00:41Sarah adds that one in every eight women will get breast cancer,
00:44but she says she's not going to give up the fight.
00:46I am in my second month of chemo treatments and will do radiation and a double mastectomy.
00:52Stage 3 is not a death sentence anymore for the vast majority of women.
00:58Despite facing the disease for over a month, last week,
01:00Sarah seemed to be in good spirits while co-hosting CNN's New Year's Eve program.
01:05Working 9 to 5, that's the way to make a living.
01:10She goes on to explain that after getting diagnosed and doing some research,
01:13one thing in particular had her worried.
01:16If you happen to be a black woman, you are 41 percent more likely to die from breast cancer
01:23than your white counterparts. 41 percent.
01:27The correspondent pleads any listeners to be proactive and catch the disease before she did,
01:32but says it's made her all the more grateful for the life she lives.
01:36I'm learning that no matter what hell we go through in life,
01:42that I am still madly in love with this life and just being alive feels really different for me now.
01:50Sarah's no stranger to pushing through tough moments on air.
01:53You know, this is the 10th hospital that I have been. I'm sorry. This is the 10th.
02:00Back in 2021, she broke down in tears while reporting on COVID-19.
02:05I apologize. I'm going to try to get through this. This is the 10th hospital that I have been in.
02:12And to see the way that these families have to live after this and the heartache that goes
02:17so far and so wide, it's really hard to take. I'm sorry, Allison.
02:24I couldn't stop myself and compose myself. To do that live on TV and then that feeling of
02:29not being able to control it, it was rage that I was feeling. Rage that people aren't listening.
02:36They're not listening and they're actively doing the opposite of what authorities are telling them.
02:41These are the experts trying to save your life and they're not listening.
02:45No family should be going through this, so please listen to what this family is saying.
02:49Don't let this be you. You have been in the middle of every
02:54single major moment from the beginning of COVID to the uprisings.
03:00It's been a roller coaster without a safety belt. That's what it has felt like.
03:05And one thing that's remained a constant for Sarah, setting an example for her viewers.
03:09I need to make sure that whatever message I'm sending, both on a personal level
03:14and on television, needs to be consistent.