The 2011 winner of Big Brother Africa, Karen Igho, has revealed that she had cancer of the breast; a confession which has thrown most of her fans into worries.

The celebrity revealed this shocking news through her twitter handler and the response that followed was unprecedented.

According to her, “I have cancer. Are you guys happy?” While many fans blasted her, thinking she was merely seeking attention, others expressed sympathy, asking for words of prayer for her. They stated that what she dreaded most had caught up with her. However, she has since pulled down the post.

It will be recalled that she once said that her enhanced boobs were a corrective measure to traits of cancer. “My boobs were never a strategy. When I discovered that I had lumps in my breasts, I removed them and had the boobs job done to prevent any further occurrence,” she had said after her victory in the reality show.

CEOAFRICA Entertainment desk gathered that the father of Karen died of AIDs, while her mother separated from her biological father when she was two years old.

Although Karen said her mother is her role model, she grew up living with her grandmother in the village in Delta State.

According to her, she met her biological father for the first time when she turned 14 and he died few days after their reunion.

Since she rose to stardom after the 2011 Big Brother Africa Amplified, Karen has carried out series of activities including partnering with breast cancer prevention initiatives, HIV intervention projects and children orphanages.