Deborah Knight, 48, reveals her shock cancer diagnosis

Australian media personality Deborah Knight has revealed her shock skin cancer diagnosis. 

The 48-year-old journalist and former Today show co-host spoke about her health scare on her 2GB radio show this week, Afternoons with Deborah Knight. 

Deborah admitted that the diagnosis is ‘not the best news,’ before urging fans and listeners to regularly get their skin checked.  

‘I got my results from the bioscopy on the bump on my nose that my dermatologist was worried about,’ Deb said.

‘I told Ray about it when I had the big whopping bandaid on my nose about this time last week… well it’s not the best news. It is a small basal cell carcinoma.’

She added that she has to get it cut out, but assured listeners it is ‘not spreading’ and is ‘not urgent.’ 

‘So, it’s a small cancer and it’s nodular which means I’ve got to get it cut out. I’ve got to go under the knife.’

She finished: ‘But get your skin checked, we can’t afford not to in Australia. We are the skin cancer capital of the world.’

In June last year, Deborah had a coronavirus scare and got tested because she felt unwell and had a sore throat. 

‘Negative!! Had a COVID test after feeling blah with a sore throat… all clear! Better to play it safe with this wretched pandemic,’ she wrote at the time. 

Other familiar faces who have recently had skincare scares include Braith Anasta’s fiancée Rachael Lee and Deborah Hutton. 

Mother-of-two Deborah is a veteran journalist and TV personality. 

In November 2019, Nine announced Deborah and Georgie Gardner would be stepping down as hosts of the Today show.

At the time, Georgie said she was shocked by the network’s decision to sack her and Deborah and reinstate Karl, who had previously been axed in December 2018.

Deborah still works as a newsreader for Nine, hosts her radio show and regularly hosts A Current Affair on the weekends.