Elle Macpherson reveals the reason for her divorce
Elle Macpherson has revealed how her controversial cancer treatment played a major part in her divorce from billionaire Jeffrey Soffer.
The supermodel made the bombshell claim in her new memoir, Elle: Life, Lessons and Learning to Trust Yourself, sharing how she was still married to Soffer in 2017 when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
Macpherson refused chemotherapy from 32 doctors, revealing that her decision took a toll on her marriage.
“My diagnosis of breast cancer, followed by my final choice of Dr C’s holistic approach to recovery… was not one that Jeff could trust or feel at ease about,” she candidly wrote.
“And really this process was the straw that broke the camel’s back… it opened up the floodgates and everything changed,” she emotionally added. “Our marriage was over and we both knew it.”
Macpherson and Soffer split that year after four years of marriage.
Earlier this year, Macpherson was widely slammed after revealing that she did not have chemotherapy after being diagnosed HER2-positive oestrogen receptive intraductal carcinoma: a type of breast cancer characterised by a higher level of a protein that can help breast cells multiply quickly.
The 60-year-old said that her former husband wasn't the only one who didn't agree with her health choices, sharing that she didn't tell her family about her plans to forgo traditional treatment.
“I didn’t tell my family in Oz, not even my parents,” she stated of her cancer diagnosis in her memoir. “I didn’t want to put them in a situation where they were worrying from afar and I knew that my choices were different from what they may have imagined was good for me.”
“The hardest part was making the decision on how to heal,” she added. “The saddest part was the lack of understanding from people close to me.”
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