Footy legend Jude Bolton’s TV star wife Lynette reveals cancer diagnosis as she starts chemotherapy just before Christmas
Lynette Bolton has revealed a shock breast cancer diagnosis saw her start chemotherapy just days before Christmas, telling her followers, ‘I’m not scared. I’m mostly p***ed off.’
The wife of Sydney Swans legend Jude announced her health battle on Instagram this week and took the opportunity to send a message of support to other women suffering from the killer disease.
‘Starting chemo 6 days before Christmas certainly wasn’t on my 2025 bingo card,’ Lynette began in her post, which featured a video showing her getting treatment and beginning chemo.
‘It is what it f**king is.
‘Less than four weeks ago I noticed a lump on my right breast.
‘Countless doctor appointments, mammograms, ultrasounds, biopsies, MRIs, blood tests, breast surgeon and oncology appts later (even a day surgery) AND today I kicked off the first of 12-24 weekly rounds of immunotherapy and chemo.
Lynette Bolton (pictured with her husband, AFL great Jude Bolton) has revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer just before Christmas
The star of Channel Seven’s Travel Oz show posted this photo as she received treatment after starting chemotherapy on December 19
Bolton (pictured outside hospital) found a lump in her right breast on November 26
‘It’s happened fast. Really bloody fast.
‘I’m not scared. I’m mostly p***ed off. I’m really not very good at being told to slow down.’
Lynette – who hosts Channel Seven’s Travel Oz show and is a certified money coach – went on to explain that her health battle means she has to ‘reassess and get crystal clear on what matters in 2026’.
She then had a message for other women who have found themselves in the same position she’s in.
‘For the person who’s just been diagnosed. For the one sitting in a waiting room trying not to spiral. For the one pretending they’re fine so everyone else doesn’t worry. Especially so close to Christmas.
‘If that’s you – you don’t have to be brave all the time. You don’t have to stay positive. You just have to get through today.
‘And if my story helps you feel even a fraction less alone then I’m glad I’m sharing and I’m so bloody glad you’re here.
‘We’ll take this one step at a time. Together.’
Lynette (pictured with husband Jude) sent a message of support to other women who are battling breast cancer
‘You don’t have to be brave all the time. You don’t have to stay positive. You just have to get through today,’ she wrote on Instagram
The post was accompanied by the caption, ‘On 26th November 2025 you are going to find a lump in your right breast.
‘It’s VERY important you get it checked out.’
Lynette then posted a video filmed on December 10, in which she gave a raw update on how she’s faring.
‘I’m in a lot of f***ing pain. I can’t lift my arm, so I went and had my appointment this morning,’ she said.
‘First thing they said when I went in was, when I did the MRI two days ago, that it picked up something else that they wanted to look at.
‘So the first part of the appointment was having a closer look at this … it obviously wasn’t bad in the end, spoiler alert, it’s fine.
‘So I can hardly lift my arm because I had about eight needles, all in all … and off to my office Christmas party this afternoon, which will probably be the last thing I go to before I tell people [about the diagnosis].’
If you need information on breast cancer signs, symptoms and screening, you can contact the Cancer Council.
