Hugh Jackman shares incredible moment with breast cancer fighter at his Perth show
By Christine Estera| 1 year ago
A Perth woman who met Hugh Jackman at his concert this week will have both her breasts removed in a month's time as she continues to fight aggressive cancer.
On Wednesday night, Kylie Beard shared a tender moment with the actor after he spotted her in the crowd of his concert, The Man. The Music. The Show. Beard was holding a sign that read, "Please hug me, Hugh. My boobs are trying to kill me," surrounded by pink ribbons. Jackman jumped off stage and embraced Beard.
Hugh Jackman and breast cancer fighter and fan Kylie share sweet moment on stage. (Twitter)
Now, in an emotional interview with 9News Perth, the 43-year-old wants to send an important message.
Beard - who has her final treatment of chemotherapy next Thursday - has the BRCA gene, which increases the risk of breast and ovarian cancers.
Kylie met Hugh Jackman at his concert. (9News)
"Growing up in Australia, in my head, it was that when we're 50, we need to be checked," said Beard, who wants women to start checking after they turn 40.
"My grandma also died from breast cancer when she was 47, so that's where the mutation has come from on my dad's side. We grow up thinking that it's what's on our mum's side of the family that matters when it comes to breast cancer, but in actual fact it's come via my dad."
Recalling the magical moment she met Jackman, Beard told 9News he spotted her from on-stage while he was talking about his wife, Deborra-Lee Furness.
"He was talking about how he met Deb and the meaning purpose she gives to his life, and I felt really awful cos we kind of interrupted that, but I was there with my sign and that's when he noticed it," Beard told reporter Darius Winterfield.
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"Then he was like, 'Yep I'm coming on down, and I quickly looked at my friends and I was like 'Oh my God he's coming, quickly put the sign down', and he was there."
Jackman himself has had a few cancer scares, the most recent one in 2017 when he revealed he had a sixth skin cancer removed from his face.
"Thanks to frequent body checks and amazing doctors, all is well. Looks worse with the dressing on than off. I swear!" he wrote on Instagram, alongside a photo of his bandaged nose.
It was in 2013 when the actor first discovered he had cancerous cells, after his wife Furness, 63, urged him to have a doctor look at a facial mole.
"Deb said to get the mark on my nose checked. Boy, was she right! I had a Basal Cell Carcinoma," said Jackman, referring to BCC, the most common form of skin cancer.