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So, Mauricio, we finally have an

0:02

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0:04

Just this morning, Princess Catherine Middleton broke

0:06

her silence and let the world know

0:08

about what's really been going on. So

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0:13

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0:15

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0:19

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Brooke, the biggest story anywhere lately

0:59

has been the one surrounding Princess

1:01

Catherine Middleton. Yeah. So for weeks

1:03

now, we've been dealing with just

1:05

tons of rumors, a lot of

1:07

crazy speculation. So much. Yeah. But

1:09

now it looks like we have

1:12

some answers when it comes to

1:14

the mystery of Kate Gate. And

1:16

those answers are coming directly from the

1:18

source because we're finally hearing from Princess

1:20

Catherine Middleton herself. Yeah. So Catherine has

1:23

just given the world an update on

1:25

why she's been keeping such a low

1:27

profile and it has

1:29

sent a shockwave across the globe. It's

1:31

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1:33

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1:35

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1:37

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3:46

We've talked about it. We have four

3:48

parts out talking about what's going on.

3:50

Everyone's talking about it. And it all

3:53

started when she disappeared from the spotlight

3:55

back in December. And

3:57

there have been all kinds of theories about what was

3:59

really going on. on. We've discussed

4:01

most of them. And the only

4:03

word that we really got from

4:05

the palace was that Catherine went

4:08

in for a planned abdominal surgery

4:10

in January and she was recovering. But

4:12

then a very short while ago, Catherine

4:15

actually addressed the world herself

4:18

and put an end to all of the

4:20

rumors. Yes. So today a video was released

4:22

to multiple platforms of Catherine sitting on a

4:25

bench speaking directly to camera. And

4:27

she starts off by saying, I wanted to

4:29

take this opportunity to say thank you personally

4:31

for all the wonderful messages of support and

4:34

your understanding whilst I've been recovering from surgery.

4:36

She said it's been

4:38

an incredibly tough couple of months

4:40

for her family and then Catherine

4:42

opens up about what's really been

4:44

going on. In January I underwent

4:46

major abdominal surgery in London and

4:49

at the time it was thought that

4:51

my condition was non-cancerous. The

4:54

surgery was successful, however tests

4:56

after the operation found cancer

4:58

had been present. My

5:01

medical team therefore advised that I should

5:03

undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy and

5:06

I'm now in the early stages of that treatment. Catherine

5:09

does not say specifically which cancer she

5:11

has but she does say that her

5:13

diagnosis was a huge shock, of course,

5:15

if you like. It always is. Yeah.

5:17

And she says that she and Prince

5:19

William are doing everything they can to

5:21

process and manage this privately for the

5:23

sake of their young family. She

5:26

also says that it's taken her time to

5:28

process her diagnosis and to recover from

5:30

major abdominal surgery so that she can

5:32

start treatment, which is

5:34

just, I think we

5:36

both know people that have had cancer diagnoses or

5:40

parts of families that have it and it

5:42

just absolutely sends your family into a tailspin.

5:44

Oh my god, yeah. I can't imagine. Yeah.

5:46

Yeah. And you know just like any family

5:48

dealing with a serious diagnosis, Catherine says that

5:50

she and William had to find a way

5:52

to explain it to their three young kids,

5:54

George, Charlotte and Louis. I'm sure that's you

5:57

know one of the hardest parts about it too. Yeah. They're young,

5:59

you know. know, like maybe don't even fully

6:01

grasp it. Yeah. So Catherine says that

6:03

she wanted to make sure their kids

6:05

understood what she was going through and

6:07

make sure they'd know that she'd be

6:09

okay. And she then says

6:11

that she's doing well. And she's focused on

6:14

doing what she needs to heal her mind,

6:16

body and spirits. Catherine also says

6:18

that having William by her side is a

6:20

great source of comfort and reassurance and

6:23

that the love, support and kindness shown by

6:25

the public means so much to both her

6:28

and William. Now clearly Catherine

6:30

knew there were a lot

6:32

of things that could use some

6:34

clearing up in light of all of the

6:37

speculation, the rumors, the wacky

6:39

theories about what was going on with

6:41

her, many of which we dove into

6:43

here. Yeah. And me on

6:45

Instagram and me in every conversation I've ever

6:48

had lately. I mean, everybody is like, what's

6:50

going on? You know, everybody you see is

6:52

like, so what's up with Kate? You know,

6:54

literally that was, it's seen whenever I would

6:56

meet somebody like even just in Vegas recently,

6:58

and they'd say, what do you do when

7:00

I, you know, give them whatever the elevator

7:02

pitch is? Yeah. The first response I would

7:04

get is, so what's going on with

7:06

Kate? I know. It's like, I know. Let

7:09

me text her and see. Yeah, we don't know.

7:11

But you know, the public

7:13

has been obsessed with Kate

7:16

Kate and wondering what was

7:18

going on when we would see her back in action

7:20

if it was actually her. And in

7:22

her video, Catherine does address this.

7:25

We hope that you will understand that as

7:27

a family, we now need some

7:29

time, space and privacy while

7:31

I completely do treatment. My

7:34

work has always brought me a deep sense of

7:36

joy. And I look forward to being back when

7:38

I'm able. But for now,

7:40

I must focus on making a full recovery.

7:44

Catherine then ends the video message by saying

7:46

she's thinking of everyone who is affected by

7:48

cancer in any form and says, you

7:50

are not alone. Yeah,

7:53

okay. Yeah, this is this is a

7:55

lot all at once. Yeah. Which

7:58

I all that to say like I can't imagine what

8:00

it's been like for her. I know it's

8:02

like knowing, you know, I might

8:05

have cancer and then getting a diagnosis and

8:07

then going through these kinds of treatments. Yeah.

8:10

Well, everyone's saying, check out her butt. How big is

8:12

it? I know me. I'm just

8:14

as I'm just as guilty. I'm not saying I didn't do it.

8:17

And I mean, if it was me, I'd be like, have

8:19

fun with it until it's not fun. And it's not fun.

8:22

You said, you know, like, you know,

8:24

these theories are silly. And I honestly

8:26

blame Kensington Palace for a lot of

8:28

this because, you know,

8:30

I think people are like, leave

8:32

Kate alone, leave Kate alone. It's like we want to

8:34

leave Kate alone, you know? Yeah. But

8:36

Kensington Palace handled it so

8:38

weirdly that it sent everyone into these

8:41

wild theories and you know, when

8:43

they originally were like, you know, we're not going to update you until

8:46

there's an update on her health. And that probably would have

8:48

been fine. And then just like

8:50

throwing her under the bus with the Photoshop stuff.

8:52

It is like, I keep thinking about that. Especially

8:55

now that she's dealing with it's like this is

8:57

the answer. And they knew you were dealing with

8:59

that. It's like, why not just say

9:01

some somebody that you

9:03

got fired because they messed up so

9:05

early. Like, why put that on? Yeah.

9:08

A woman who's going through cancer with

9:10

three children or not. Like, that's that's

9:12

that's yeah. That's the part I keep

9:15

thinking about. Yeah. Like they knew

9:17

what was going on and they just were like,

9:19

well, Catherine should have told us she was like,

9:21

yeah, come on. And it's also

9:23

it's one of those things where, you

9:25

know, we say this all the time about health stuff. It's

9:29

your story to tell. Yeah. When

9:31

you want to tell it how you want to tell it. I keep

9:33

thinking of Chadwick and how, you know,

9:35

he was going through and he didn't want anyone

9:37

to know, which is his prerogative.

9:40

Absolutely devastating. But

9:42

I also it's just and it's

9:44

a fine line. It's a fine line that I don't

9:46

think the palace was good at finding where it was

9:49

and honoring it. It's like,

9:51

you know, I wonder how

9:53

much of this is because she had to

9:55

say something because of how out of control

9:57

things were. And for that, I. have

10:00

a lot of remorse because it's like I hope this wasn't, I hope

10:03

everything that she's doing publicly in terms of

10:05

communicating is what she wants to be doing.

10:07

Me too. Not being told she

10:09

has to do it. I mean

10:12

cancer in any form is terrifying

10:14

and a diagnosis to deal with

10:16

that but also under a microscope.

10:18

I mean it sounds like we

10:21

still, I mean we still don't know a lot

10:23

of details about it and it's not really our

10:25

business. She was kind to

10:28

give this. You know? Yeah.

10:31

But you know from her wording it

10:33

sounds like the

10:35

surgery was successful. They did remove

10:38

cancer and so the chemo is

10:40

preventative. I hope that's the case.

10:42

I hope that it is

10:44

just preventative and you know we said

10:46

from the jump you know like these

10:48

theories are silly and people are having

10:51

fun and when we, something

10:53

serious, we'll stop having fun. Yeah.

10:57

For what we contributed to theories like you know

10:59

we were just. You

11:01

go off what you have while you have it.

11:03

Yeah and now we have more information and I

11:05

also think that it's just, I've

11:08

unfortunately seen this having been in

11:10

the medical field where two family

11:12

members fighting cancer at the

11:14

same time. Yeah that's just, that

11:16

is wild. It's just

11:18

I hate cancer. I know. No

11:21

one's going to be like I love cancer but I really hate it. I know.

11:24

Yeah. I just feel for her and she did,

11:26

I mean in that video that I

11:29

will no longer buy into these theories it

11:31

wasn't her. She looks great. She does look

11:33

great. She looked happy. She was moving around. She

11:35

looks in good spirits. Yeah. And

11:37

that's, I sincerely hope that. Yeah. You know?

11:40

So. Yeah. We

11:42

obviously just wish her the best and. Yeah. That's,

11:44

I mean that's the most important thing. It sounds like

11:46

she's got a good team of healthcare providers. She's

11:49

also in a country where she won't go bankrupt for it.

11:51

So. Yes. Yeah.

11:54

I hope she really does. And I hope. I

11:56

know. I

11:59

really hope there was. wasn't like a palace

12:02

minion standing behind that camera being like

12:05

smiling. I know, I know. But

12:08

I'm glad that she, assuming that

12:10

this was all of her own volition,

12:12

I'm glad that she was

12:14

able to share her truth. Yeah. And

12:19

yeah, you know, knowing that we can move forward

12:21

and we can maybe leave her off

12:23

headlines and we'll probably stop talking about her, give

12:25

her her space. Yeah, let's just let her get

12:28

healthy and recover. Yeah. Put

12:30

it to bed. Yeah. All

12:33

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12:36

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