EXCLUSIVE - JESSIE J: I'M FINALLY READY TO TALK ABOUT MY CANCER DIAGNOSIS
Great Company with Jamie Laing
Jampot
4.6 • 951 Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2025
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Jessie J’s voice is unparalleled - a true superstar. Having been a fan for years, I was so excited to have her in the studio, but what she revealed during the record I had never expected to hear…
In May, Jessie came into record and shared with me that she’d recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. A week later, she asked if she could come back in to record following her surgery. We’ve never recorded an episode in two parts before, but it felt important to give Jessie the space to share her story in the way that felt most authentic to her.
For the first time in a long form, Jessie explains the full diagnosis story and updates us on life post surgery. She shares the experience of doing Capital’s Summertime Ball knowing it was her last performance before her surgery, how the experience has changed her, and the impacts on her relationships too.
We cover:
- Jessie’s breast cancer diagnosis and journey to surgery
- Life post surgery
- How she met and fell for her partner
- Her experience of miscarriage
- Winning the Chinese singing competition, Singer
This conversation is all about not taking life for granted because you never know what’s around the corner. It’s about looking for silver linings, and sucking life for all its worth. Jessie - thank you for sharing your story with us, we’re sending you all the love and support.
If you’ve been affected by anything mentioned in today’s podcast, here are some links:
- coppafeel.org
- www.cancerresearchuk.org
- www.macmillan.org.uk
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THE CREDITS
Exec Producer: Jemima Rathbone
Producer: Helen Burke
Video: Jake Ji
Audio: Rafi Amsili
Social Media: Laura Coughlan & Anthony Barter
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, everyone. We're Jamie and Sophie. You may remember us from Nearlyweds and then Newlyweds. |
| 0:05.1 | But now, guys, things are about to get even wilder as we take on our biggest adventure yet, becoming parents. |
| 0:12.0 | Yeah, that's right. Newlyweds is now Nearly Parents. And we're bringing you the same honest, heartwarming takes on our journey to parenthood, I guess. |
| 0:21.5 | Join us as we find out what it really means to become a family while trying not to kill each other. |
| 0:26.2 | Get ready for Nearly Parents, your favourite new podcast. |
| 0:35.3 | Hello everyone. My name is Jamie Lang and this is Great Company. |
| 0:43.2 | Well, hello, Jemima. |
| 0:44.9 | I was going to say good morning, but I don't know what time people are listening to us. |
| 0:48.3 | Good morning, good afternoon, good night. It can be any time of the day that people are listening to this. |
| 0:51.7 | All we can say is welcome back. |
| 0:53.7 | Welcome back. To Great Company podcast. Or welcome. Or welcome if you're a new listener. I'm Jamie the host and this is Jemima, the producer. Yep. And you guys, we like to call our owls. We'll have names. Jemima wants to call you the owls, which is our wonderful listeners. I like to call myself PJ. Let's just go through all the names. I like to call myself PJ. I'm producer, Jemima, and I like to call Jamie PJ, presenter Jamie. And today, on today's episode, is really exciting because we have J.J.J. We have J.J. Jesse J. Jesse J. is a performer. She's a singer. She's... I love she's an incredible artist that has written so many songs throughout the last decade and more. |
| 1:33.3 | Yeah, what's your favorite? |
| 1:34.3 | Price tag maybe? |
| 1:36.3 | Price tag. |
| 1:37.3 | I love Price tag. |
| 1:38.3 | I love Domino's great. |
| 1:40.3 | You love, I didn't, you don't you love Bang Bang? |
| 1:42.3 | I love Bang, bang. |
| 1:45.6 | Loads of the songs you would have heard. |
| 1:47.4 | She was on the voice in the UK. |
| 1:54.2 | She also won a Chinese television scene contest, which is incredible. It's wild. |
| 1:55.1 | It's huge. |
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