‘Bachelorette’ Star Katie Thurston Shares Breast Cancer Diagnosis: ‘I Am Ready to Fight This’

The 34-year-old television personality was recently diagnosed with invasive ductal carcinoma.

Katie Thurston attends the celebration for Nick Jonas's grand opening of his new San Diego rooftop restaurant in San Diego on Oct. 7, 2022. Leon Bennett/Getty Images for Villa One Tequila Gardens

Katie Thurston, a television personality who starred in the 17th season of ABC’s dating show “The Bachelorette,” has revealed that she was diagnosed with breast cancer just five months after announcing her engagement to comedian Jeff Arcuri.

“Life update: I have breast cancer,” Thurston, 34, wrote in a Feb. 15 Instagram post.