6th June 2025

Atomic Kitten star Natasha Hamilton, 42, has revealed that she was diagnosed with skin cancer last year.

At the time, her youngest daughter, Kitty, was just five months old.

In an interview on this morning’s episode of Good Morning Britain, Natasha discussed her diagnosis with hosts Suzanna Reid and Rob Rinder. She said: “So I'd been on holiday and I wasn't actually in the sun a lot because my baby was only about five months old and I was breastfeeding.

"And one afternoon I had her on my lap and my back was in the sun and I burnt."

Natasha described feeling an itchy sensation on her back and thought that she had been bitten by a mosquito.

She continued: “I felt it and went, 'Oh, mosquito bite.'

“It wasn't until maybe four weeks later when I was at home and it was itching and I was like, hang on a minute, that seems a bit long for a mosquito bite.

"I asked my husband to have a look and he went, 'Oh, that's not a bite.'

"And he took the picture, and when I looked at it, I went, 'Okay, I think I know what that is.'"

The mum of five added: “And originally it had just been a dark freckle that I'd had on my back for many years.

"It wasn't even raised, it wasn't a mole, it was just a freckle."

After seeking medical attention, the freckle was diagnosed as a basal-cell carcinoma and was removed.

She added: “So now I have to be really vigilant.

"I have to check my skin all the time.

"Since then, I've had a few things appear on my skin where I've had to go back to the dermatologist and they're on the watch list."

Natasha is now cancer-free but says the diagnosis has been a “massive wake-up call.”

For more information on the signs and symptoms of skin cancer, visit cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/skin-cancer/symptoms

Image source: natashahamilton/Instagram

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