'I normally like to fade into the background but you've got to embrace life' says Dancing On Ice star

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Dancing on Ice star Adele Roberts has opened up on her reasons for signing up to the show after a cancer battle ,saying "you've got to embrace life".The 44-year-old radio DJ was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2021, but, thankfully, she went on to get the all-clear in 2022.

Adele now wears a stoma, which she's nicknamed Audrey. A stoma is pouch on the stomach which allows waste to leave the body after losing part of the colon.The radio star spoke about her career as well as her appearance on Big Brother in 2002, and revealed the real reason she chose to do radio - so people can't see her.

She said: "I think I chose to do radio because it's just me in a room and no one gets to see me, but you can connect with people, but they don't get to see your face." Adele went on: "And then they started putting the radio on the TV.They visualise it, and I'd be like, 'No, I don't want to be seen'. "So I think it's just the way I am. "I think I've been like that most of my life. "To be honest, I feel like I just like to wear black fade into the background. "And I think after what I've been through [cancer diagnosis], I realise I've got to embrace life and I've just gotta go for it cs I you know, you get one chance, don't you?" Adele went on to say that her cancer diagnosis has inspired her to try new things, as she said: "I think, everything I've been through health wise is actually making me go the other way now." Previously, Adele said that its "a privilege to be alive" after battling colon cancer. “I wanted to do this to reclaim my body after what it’s been through,” she said. “I feel like it’s allowing me to take back who I am again.” She went on: "I think it’s a privilege to be alive.