Robbie Williams' wife Ayda Field fights tears as she opens up on mother's cancer diagnosis

Ayda Field - the wife of Robbie Williams - got emotional as she discussed her mother's cancer diagnosis on today.

The TV personality appeared on Loose Women today where she spoke about her mum Gwen's cancer returning. She explained that her mum - who is in LA whilst she resides in London with her husband Robbie - had been diagnosed with cervical cancer once more.

Ayda got emotional and held back her tears as she explained what her mum had been through, before sharing her mum's story. Speaking on Loose Women, she said: "This is a really tough thing for me to talk about.

"My mother - we don't talk about stages in our house - and I say all of this after having discussed it with my mum that I was going to potentially discuss what she was going through. My mother said, 'I so want you to tell this story, I just want to make sure it's positive. I am going to do my best and I am going to make this positive'."

She added: "My mother unfortunately has had a return of her cervical cancer and she is also a breast cancer survivor. The cancer has come back; we got the news a couple of months ago and I've just been privately processing it."

Back in 2020, Ayda opened up about her mum's battle with cancer. Speaking on Robbie's podcast, At Home With the Williamses, she said at the time: "It had spread outside the cervix and was a very aggressive tumour.

"Alongside her Parkinson's and her lupus was this cancer battle, because the cancer was so big they decided that she immediately go into chemo and radiation daily and have surgery."

She added: "It was very scary as my mum with Parkinson's, lupus, and cancer at 70 years old is prime for some bad things happening. So she was going to hospital every day for these treatments and I was worried she was going to pick something up."

Ayda kept her fans updated throughout but admitted it was a scary time for the family as it was during lockdown.

"So alongside her Parkinson's and her Lupus was this cancer battle and because the cancer was so big they decided that she needed to immediately go into chemo and radiation daily and have surgery," she said.

"When the pandemic hit it was very scary because my mum with Lupus and Parkinson's and cancer, at 70 years old is prime for some bad things happening so she was going to the hospital every day for these treatments."

*Loose Women airs weekdays from 12.30pm on ITV1 and ITVX.