As the hilarious host of Celebrity Treasure Island, you can always count on Bree Tomasel’s well-timed jokes to break the tension as the castaways do battle on the beach. But in an episode that airs this week, the ZM radio presenter gets uncharacteristically serious as she opens up about an agonising medical condition.
Speaking to Candy Lane about her daughter’s endometriosis, the Aussie-born, Auckland-based star, 31, emotionally reveals she also suffers from the painful disorder, where tissue similar to the lining of the uterus grows outside the uterus.
“It was a really special moment for me and I wasn’t even thinking about the cameras when I broke down,” Bree tells Woman’s Day. “Candy’s daughter has really struggled with it for a long time, but she’s finally at the end of her journey and had a baby. It really hit home for me as a woman who has suffered from endometriosis for the majority of my life.
“It’s something that affects one in 10 Kiwi women, but we don’t talk about it enough and if you don’t catch it early, you can have problems later when you’re trying to have kids. It can be a real burden.”
Throughout most of her teens, Bree had never suffered from acne, but as she approached 20, she started having problems with her skin and experiencied severe pain even when she wasn’t having her period.
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