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Daily Mail
13 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Beloved comedian Denise Scott reveals she was rushed to hospital after drinking HAND SANITISER amid battle with 'aggressive' cancer
Denise Scott has revealed how she accidentally drank hand sanitiser on the set of her ABC sitcom, Mother And Son. The beloved Australian comedian, 70, who was nominated for a Logie Award for her lead role in the show last year, said the mishap saw her rushed to hospital. Appearing on The Project on Monday night, Denise explained how she mistook the substance for water. 'I rock up,first time I've been in a sitcom, I'm the lead, I'm so scared' she began the story. 'And it's a really hot day, and this young runner has driven me to set, and I was so nervous that I pulled the water, I'm like guzzling. Then I think, "What have I just drunk?"' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. 'It wasn't water. It was hand sanitiser! It had liquefied in the Sydney heat.' Denise said the crew rushed to get her medical attention after the unfortunate episode. 'They think, "Right, that's it. Filming's stopped. Get the ambulance for Denise. It's cancer-related." I'm choking' she said. 'Anyway, that stuff is like 95 or 96 percent proof. I was out of my mind the whole day.' Denise recovered from the mishap, and is also in recovery following an intense 17 months of breast cancer treatment amid her battle with an 'aggressive' form of the disease. Denise was diagnosed with cancer near the start of 2023 and revealed the shock news publicly shortly after. She detailed her 'pretty much non-stop' 17 months of chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments to fight the 'particularly aggressive' form of breast cancer. Denise took to Facebook to reveal that she had undergone her last day of chemotherapy after first starting the treatment back in February 2023. 'Yesterday was my last day of chemo. I've been having treatment for breast cancer HER2 positive pretty much non-stop for 17 months,' she shared alongside a picture of herself in hospital. The TV star went on to detail the months-long stints of chemotherapy and other treatments she has undergone over the past year and a half amid her cancer battle. She went on: 'Feb 2023-May 2023 Chemo, June 2023 lumpectomy and removal of lymph nodes from right arm pit, August 2023-Sept 2023 Daily Radiation sessions for 6 weeks, (and) Aug 2023- May 2024 9 more months of Chemo.' Denise confirmed that her latest mammogram was 'clear' as she thanked her fans for their support amid the difficult time. 'For now, at least, the treatment has done its job,' she penned. 'Latest mammogram was clear. I lost all my hair (in) the first round of chemo, then got these thin white, quite frankly disappointing, tufts grow in (the) second round - different sort of chemo. 'So many people to thank and acknowledge. But for now I'll leave it there. Thank you for yr lovely messages.' (sic) The media personality and former star of The Project first spoke about her cancer diagnosis to The Australian Women's Weekly. She told how she was first diagnosed with breast cancer while working on the Mother and Son reboot, but bravely carried on shooting the project. 'I do console myself that at least I've lived a full life that I'm happy with,' Denise told the publication. 'But I don't want to go yet. There are things I want to do.' Denise said she was leaning on her partner John Lane for support, adding: 'The prognosis has continued to be good, and there's a lot of hope.' Denise met John when they performed together as clowns on a theatre production in Albury, New South Wales. The couple have been together for more than 40 years but they never got married, with Denise previously saying it wasn't something either of them focused on. Denise stars in the ABC reboot of the series Mother And Son, which famously had Ruth Cracknell in the role of Maggie Beare. Considered one of the greatest of all home made classics, Mother & Son debuted on the ABC in 1984. The iconic sitcom starred Gary McDonald as a bewildered adult son trying to cope with his ageing mother, played by the late Cracknell. In the re-boot, comedian Matt Okine now plays Arthur, who moves in to look after the recently widowed Maggie (Scott), who may or may not have burnt down the kitchen in the family home. As in the original, the reboot sees Maggie run rings around her well-meaning family. Also featured in the cast of the re-boot are Angela Nica Sullen who plays Arthur's older sister Robbie and Fat Pizza's Jean Kittson. Tiriel Mora from the 90s classic comedy Frontline also stars along with Virginia Gay from Winner and Losers and Catherine Văn-Davies (The Twelve). The original show won over audiences for its funny and poignant depiction of the challenges adult children often face when dealing with an ageing parent who suffers from 'memory loss' (actually, dementia). Maggie (Cracknell) became a fan favourite as she seemed to spend most of her waking hours 'out smarting' everyone, especially Arthur (McDonald), who was left to wonder just how 'out of it' she really might be.
News.com.au
14 hours ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Denise Scott's wild act on-set sparked bosses to ‘stop filming and call an ambulance'
Denise Scott made her TV comeback on Monday night's episode of The Project after beating her fight against breast cancer. The beloved screen star, 69, first revealed her heartbreaking battle with the disease in 2023 after six months of privately undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Then last year, she revealed she had finally been given the all clear from doctors after a total of 17 months of 'non-stop' treatment. During Monday's episode of The Project, Scott spoke openly about her difficult cancer journey. The comedian, who was undergoing treatment while filming the first series of Mother & Son, confessed that an on-set mishap almost caused producers to call her an ambulance over fears she was experiencing chemo complications. 'It was the worst time. I was on a really brutal chemotherapy. Every week. And so, yeah, it wasn't the best of times,' she told host Sarah Harris, who asked if filming the show while on chemo had been a welcome distraction. 'I'd started chemo in Melbourne and then moved to Sydney to start filming Mother & Son and continued my treatment there. And the first day of shooting everyone is nervous, and I'm anxious because chemo also really ups the psychological side of things. So I rock up first time, first time I've been in a sitcom, I'm the lead and I'm so scared. It's a really hot day, and this young runner has driven me to set. And I'm so nervous that I guzzle down a bottle of water and then I think 'What have I just drunk?'. It wasn't water. It was hand sanitiser that had liquefied in the Sydney heat!' Scott said that her panicked reaction to realising what she'd just chucked down her throat sparked chaos among producers on-set who feared something terrible was wrong. 'And they think 'Right! Filming stop! Get the ambulance for Denise it's cancer related!' And I'm trying to speak while [gestures at her mouth]. Anyway, that stuff is like 95% alcohol, I was p*ssed out of my mind for the whole of the first day shoot. If you look at the first scenes of the first series of Mother & Son, I'm completely blitzed.' Meanwhile, on Monday night Scott also made her welcome return to Have You Been Paying Attention where she was briefly quizzed about her health struggles and how it felt to be back working. 'Well, I'm not dead. Isn't that great news?' she told her co-stars before revealing that she was grateful to have been able to film the second series of Mother & Son while not undergoing chemo again.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jayden Daniels' mother clears the air around her relationship with her son: ‘My son can date…make his own decisions'
Regina Jackson and Jayden Daniels attend the 2024 ESPY Awards at Dolby Theatre on July 11, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by) Regina Jackson, the mother and business manager of Washington Commanders' star quarterback Jayden Daniels, addresses the public scrutiny about their relationship. Regina Jackson, the mother and business manager of Washington Commanders' star quarterback Jayden Daniels, is setting the record straight about their dynamic. Advertisement During a Mother's Day episode of 'The Pivot' podcast on Sunday, the mother of the 24-year-old NFL player addressed the public scrutiny about her being his business manager and rumors around how much she controls his personal life. She made it very clear that she does not control his personal life and she in fact wants her son to date. 'I'm putting it on record. My son can date, he can live freely, make his own decisions,' she stressed. 'However, with the relationship we have, he does value my opinion because when my kids were little, I did a lot for them and my kids saw that.' She noted that the 'whole 'girls' comment' stemmed from an interview she did two years ago while her son was still a student at LSU. At the time, she was asked, 'What is your biggest fear?' and she said, 'them girls.' The sports manager added that it should be 'every parent's fear,' whether their child is a man or a woman. Advertisement 'Because you're a public figure and your dollar amount is associated with your name. So you never know who's really there for you and who's really against you,' she expressed. Jackson explained that when it comes to business specifically, Daniels 'doesn't know what he doesn't know, and he knows football.' Meanwhile, with dual degrees in hospital administration and entrepreneurial business, Jackson said she's 'educated and qualified.' 'He doesn't know the business world,' she said. 'He doesn't know the predators or the vultures that could be out there. So he feels very comfortable in knowing that not only am I educated and qualified to do it, I'm also his mom.' Jackson noted that her evolving business relationship with her son may 'look different' than what others have become accustomed to regarding parent-manager dynamics. Advertisement 'The thing is, I think we're changing the narrative that has been out there,' she continued. 'So, it looks a little different than what people are used to, 'cause not only am I educated on that side, I'm also a certified agent, but I'm also his business manager.' The interview arrives after Jackson has been increasingly spotted off the football field with Daniels, including seated courtside smack dab in the middle of him and basketball star JuJu Watkins, and on the dance floor at a friend's wedding. After garnering multiple headlines and fueling online discourse for months, Jackson said she was appearing on 'The Pivot' to let the world 'actually get to know' who she is. Despite how devoted she is to managing her son's football career, she said she doesn't want to be known as just Jayden's mom. 'I had Jayden. Jayden didn't have me,' said Jackson. Advertisement More must-reads:
Free Malaysia Today
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Free Malaysia Today
Russia escalates attacks on Ukraine
The attack killed a mother and son in Kyiv overnight. (EPA Images pic) KYIV : Russia launched an intense drone and missile attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing a mother and her son in the capital, amid faltering US-backed attempts to broker a pause in the fighting. Kamikaze drones continued to fly over Ukrainian territory at around 11am (0800 GMT) on Wednesday, the air force said, more than nine hours after air raid sirens first sounded over the Kyiv region. The escalation comes as Russia prepares to welcome world leaders to Moscow for the May 9 parade to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies in World War II. Ukraine launched drones towards Moscow for a third day, forcing most of the Russian capital's airports to close hours before Chinese President Xi Jinping was due to arrive. The Kremlin has touted his presence, along with that of 28 other world leaders, as a sign that Russia has not been isolated since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in Feb 2022. In Kyiv, warning sirens wailed in the early hours of Wednesday amid the rumble of air defences, and at least three districts were hit by falling debris from downed drones, Ukraine's emergency service said on the Telegram messaging app. At one location, police loaded two bodies wrapped in white plastic sheets into a van. President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a post on Telegram that a mother and her son had been killed. Evacuated in night clothes At least seven people, including four children, were also injured in the attacks, Zelensky said, adding that Russia fired four ballistic missiles and 142 drones at Kyiv and five other regions. In Kyiv, evacuated residents, some still in their night dress, waited outside damaged apartment blocks and watched as emergency workers tried to douse the flames and stop smoke billowing from burned out apartments. 'I know the people there, I have been trying to call them, they are not picking up,' local resident Volodymyr Khortov, 66, said outside one of the damaged buildings. 'God forbid.' In Moscow, mayor Sergei Sobyanin said that Russian air defence units destroyed at least 14 Ukrainian drones after 10pm on Tuesday (1900 GMT), with no damage reported. Russia's aviation watchdog Rosaviatsia said flights were halted at all four airports that serve Moscow for several hours overnight to ensure air safety for the third night in row. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who will be hosting the leaders of several nations at the parade, has called for a May 8-10 ceasefire in the war. Zelensky called the measure pointless and offered an unconditional ceasefire over at least 30 days in line with a US proposal launched in March.
