Wanda Sykes appears on Monday's episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show where she makes a shocking revelation. The 47-year-old comedienne said that she had breast cancer. Wanda likes to keep things in, no one knew that she was a lesbian until she revealed her sexuality at a marriage equality event, and no one knew that she had breast cancer.
Wanda on Ellen last year
But the cancer wasn't the only shocker; the shocker is that Wanda had a DOUBLE masectomy. She had a breast reduction in February, saying: "I had real big boobs and I just got tired of knocking over stuff. Every time I eat -- oh lord. I'd carry a Tide stick everywhere I go."
It was when she had the breast reduction that cancer was found. Sykes was in "stage-zero cancer." Wanda says "I was very lucky... cancer is cancer."
Wanda didn't want to go in for an MRI and mammogram everymonth, so she had both of her breasts removed. "Now I have zero chance of having breast cancer," she says.
Wanda added: "I was like, I don't know, should I talk about it or what? How many things could I have? I'm black, then Lesbian. I can't be the poster child for everything."
























