LOOSE Women star Janet Street-Porter told viewers today that she has skin cancer and is having an operation to remove it this week.
The 73-year-old presenter explained she found out she had a basal cell carcinoma - a common form of the disease - on her nose three days before the coronavirus lockdown.
She explained that she originally thought the lump was a mosquito bite after she returned from Australia after Christmas - but got given the bad news when she visited the doctor.
Janet said: "I showed this tiny spot on my nose to a dermatologist and he immediately referred me to a consultant and they said I've got a basal cell carcinoma, which is a form of skin cancer. "If untreated it could grow.