Kathy Bates She describes her “weird” pleasure in “not having breasts” after two battles with cancer.

“Matlock” reboot star “MeSsy” opened to podcast hosts Christina Applegate And Jamie Lynn Sigler On Tuesday, she opened up about her health journey and the double mastectomy she had a decade ago.

Bates told the presenters: “This might be really weird but my boobs were really heavy.” “When they took them off, they weighed about 10 kilos. Really big, big breasts, and I like not having breasts. It’s weird.”

Bates added that he “decided not to rebuild because I thought, at my age, I really didn’t want to go through that. I just didn’t want to go through that.”

“You know, I wasn’t in a relationship, I was older and I didn’t think I would be in a relationship and it’s always like, why do I have to be like this?” he continued.

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She said the costume team on “Matlock” used materials like Spanx to create a camisole for her character on the CBS legal drama. “I feel so good when I go out like this,” Bates told her co-hosts, noting that the costume team added “fake cups” that were “very comfortable and gave me a nice shape.”

She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer nine years ago in 2003, and was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012.

“My aunt died from it, my mother had it, my nephew had it too,” Bates said. She told People about breast cancer in 2018 diagnosis.

Kathy Bates recently announced her retirement after ‘Matlock’ before reversing the decision

In recent months, Bates has revealed more about his health and softly launched his own retirement before surprising fans by reversing his decision this fall.

76-year-old Bates told New York Times In an interview published in September, she said she was already in the mood for retirement after the end of an untitled film shoot, which at one point left her at home alone in tears.

“This is my last dance,” she told the outlet. Then he He walked back those comments in a USA TODAY interview.

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“I was very surprised,” Bates says, laughing at fans’ dismay at the retirement talk leading to an official announcement. Bates doesn’t plan to resign anytime soon. “At the time, I was feeling the challenges of making the show and meeting people’s expectations,” he told USA TODAY last month. “It was a realistic look at how I felt that night. But I wouldn’t want to retire from it. This show has been such an unexpected gift, especially at my age.”

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