Bachelorette star Katie Thurston, 34, has revealed she has been diagnosed with breast cancer after discovering a lump in her chest. “This is day one of sharing and is going to be a long one. This first step of acceptance of my reality was the hardest,” she wrote on Instagram. “But I am ready to fight this.” She added in a post on her Instagram stories that she did not know what stage she was in yet. “I experienced a range of emotions over the past two weeks. Despair. Anger. Sadness. Denial. And then strength. Purposeful. Ready.” Thurston made her debut on 2021 season of The Bachelor with Matt James, but was eliminated in week 6. She returned to television the same year to star in her own season of The Bachelorette and accepted a proposal from Blake Moynes. The two broke up, however, and Thurston is now engaged to comedian Jeff Arcuri. “To my extraordinary husband to be...I don’t know how I’d do this without you,” she posted. “The selfless love that you smother me in is beyond anything I imagined I’d be blessed with.” Thousands of commenters showed support for Thurston. “I know sharing something like this is not easy,” wrote one Instagram follower. “But I’m so proud of you for being so vulnerable.”
