Robin Roberts Shaves Head on Good Morning America

Allie @ Gone Hollywood | Friday, November 16, 2007

ABC’s Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts let cameras film her as she made the decision to shave her head on camera.

Robin Roberts Shaves Head on Good Morning America - PIC

Roberts has been losing her hair due to chemotherapy treatment for breast cancer.

She reported,

Emotionally, it was devastating and draining. And as so many who have traveled this path before me had encouraged, as hard as it was, I knew what I had to do. I shaved it all off.

You know everyone tells you to shave your head preemptively. To go ahead and do it before it starts falling out and I thought, no, not me, that’s not going to be me, because some chemotherapy patients don’t lose their hair.

But let me tell you, I’ve joined that choir. That’s a bit of advice I now preach, because when it starts to fall out, phew, that’s rough.

To wear a wig or not to wear a wig is a very personal decision for everyone who goes through this. This is my work, and I love my job, being part of your morning each day, but I never want to distract you from the story I’m reporting.