Sarah Beeny says she wants to change the stereotype of those with cancer feeling “ashamed of their bald heads”. The 50-year-old presenter and property expert revealed her own breast cancer diagnosis in August, and has admitted she had used dog clippers to shave her head.
She is best known for her work on UK property programmes, including Help! My House Is Falling Down and Sarah Beeny’s New Life In The Country. Speaking to the Daily Mail’s Weekend magazine she said people with no hair are often seen as “victims”, “angry” or suffering some form of “punishment”.
“Having no hair often seems to be associated with anger,” she said. “You’re a victim or it’s a punishment, like Fantine in Les Misérables, or Cersei Lannister in Game Of Thrones.
