Caroline Aherne’s former fiancé says she was ‘scared to have children due to cancer fears'
CAROLINE AHERNE’S former fiancé has revealed her fear of cancer prevented her from having children.
The comedienne, who died at the age of 52, was diagnosed with a rare eye cancer when she was a baby before battling with both liver and lung cancer.
Brett Whitford, who met the star when she moved to Australia in 2001 and proposed the following year, explained it was her fear of the disease that stopped her from starting a family.
He said: “Caroline always felt that she didn’t have long to live and that the cancer she had would come back one day.
“It coloured the way she lived her life, because there were things she felt she couldn’t do.”
Brett told Mirror Online: “We talked about having kids, but she said she couldn’t because of the hereditary nature of the cancer and her other health problems.
“She didn’t want them to go through what she had been through. She always used to say she wouldn’t be any good with kids anyway.”
However, her former fiancé thought otherwise and said she would have made a “wonderful mum”.
Actress Caroline Aherne dies aged 52
It comes after Caroline’s brother Patrick revealed their “last conversation” before her untimely death and said she meant “everything” to her family.
He told the publication: “Caroline is everything to use. You can imagine how are feeling. Yes, I saw Caroline recently and had a last conversation with her.”
Shortly after she died, he also released a statement: "My heart is broken as I loved her so much. But she is in a better place and most of all she has no pain.
“I have lost a beautiful sister and the world has lost an amazing talent. I know Caroline would want everybody to be happy and not sad and I think we should now remember the comedy legacy that she has left for us."