Kelly Osbourne Has 'BRCA1' Genes Like Angelina Jolie, Willing To Undergo Preventive Surgeries

After Angelina Jolie had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed because she has the BRCA1 genes, Kelly Osbourne is pondering on doing the same. The former “Fashion Police” co-host claimed that she got herself tested and found that she has the same gene as well, so she is open to such such operations.

Angelina Jolie on Tuesday, revealed through The New York Times that she decided to have her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed for fear that she would be later on diagnosed with breast and ovarian cancers. Having the BRCA1 gene makes her additionally vulnerable to getting these cancers. Even though her decision is controversial, with some claiming it is too extreme, especially since she also underwent double mastectomy to avoid breast cancer, Kelly Osbourne supports her decision completely.

Osbourne opened up to ET’s Nischelle Turner of Tuesday after a taping of “The Talk” about her “cancer gene” and take on Jolie’s decision. She said that like Jolie, she knows she has the feared BRCA1 gene. Even though she is still too young to have cancer and there is a chance that she would not even get it on her lifetime, she is already checking in with her doctor and being responsible about her health.

Osbourne said she wholeheartedly agrees with Jolie’s decision partly because of her mother. Osbourne said she personally experienced what it feels like to be a daughter of someone who was diagnosed with cancer and survived. Her mom, “The Talk” host Sharon Osbourne, was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2002, and then later on in 2012, had a double mastectomy because she found out she carried a gene for breast cancer. Osbourne praised this move because it allowed her mom the chance to be "the mother that she deserves to be to her children.”

Osbourne said her other siblings, 31-year-old Aimee and 29-year-old Jack, were on board with their mom’s decision as well. "My mom's always been vocal about that kind of stuff because she never wants us to worry so that we are as informed as we could possibly be, but naturally, we always still worry," Kelly said. "But we all just agree that it was the smarter thing to do, because just as much as it is the hardest thing in the world to watch somebody you love suffer and not be able to help them, to be the child of someone is an equal amount of suffering in a different way.

Apart from her experience with her own mom, Kelly explained that she is open to what Angelina did because it is simply the wise thing to do. Now that there is a chance for women to prevent these specific cancers from striking them, it would be responsible to seize the opportunity.

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