Carolyn Smith shaves her hair on TV: “the tumor is back”

A few strokes of the electric razor and a carpet of hair on the floor: they are those of a heartbroken Carolyn Smithwhich resignedly undergoes the radical cut at the beginning of the episode of «Cinque Minutes»the new evening program by Bruno Vespa.

«The tumor has returned for the third time»the historical judge of told in the studio dancing with the Stars. What years ago you called an «intruder», but who you now say you want to call by your name, is a malignant breast cancer, which the British dancer has been struggling with since 2015. A surgery in 2016, the end of the first cycle of treatment in 2017, and then the year after a recurrence. New chemotherapy, new haircut, new win. But it was just one of many matches in what sadly appears to be quite a long season. «This time it was slightly different from the first two»Carolyn Smith confessed to Bruno Vespa after the umpteenth passage of the razor over his head, “because this time I was aware of what I was doing”.

“With this new drug I’m taking, which is quite toxic, my hair would still have fallen out, so it’s better to prevent it.” Even the previous two times Carolyn had chosen to anticipate her hair loss, showing off her bald head as if it were a warning of his strength and pride against that intruder who had entered his body uninvited.

«I’m always waiting for those beautiful words: it’s over here. I hope this new drug will finally kill the intruder.’ The smile, even in such a complex moment, Carolyn Smith has never lost it, as well as never missed an episode of «Ballando», as Vespa points out. Her work – not only in television, but also as a choreographer and dance teacher, even for cancer patients – has always been her foothold and her strength, as she has said many times. As she was her husband, choreographer and dancer Tino Michielotto. “She is always by my side, even if she is more afraid of me,” confesses Carolyn.

Visibly sad and understandably frightened by Bruno Vespa, Carolyn Smith then wanted to launch a more combative message on her social networks. “The best way to celebrate March 8 was to start chemotherapy,” he joked in a video posted on Instagram, to announce to all his followers the return of cancer. «I have a small path to travel, but as usual: smiley». «Even with a few moments of fragility I don’t give up»he said showing the back of his jacket with the writing Don’t give up.