Madison Lecroy opens to her husband Brett RandellThe Battle of Cancer in Season 10 of Southern charmS
The 38 -year -old Brett was diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2023, but his illness was not revealed to fans until season 10 of Southern charmwhich debuts on Bravo in December 2024
34 -year -old Madison and Brett tie a knot In November 2022 the couple announced in February 2025. Madison was pregnant With her second child, her first with Bret. (Madison already shares 12-year-old son Hudson with ex John Hughes.)
While the diagnosis of Brett’s cancer was discovered in season 10Madison Speaking US Weekly The fact that the couple has experienced an “emotional year” is combined with the death of their father and “deals with her husband.”
“There are a few irregularities on the road, but we go out from above,” she said at the time. “I don’t want to give too much, but it’s really – it’s an emotional year for us.”
Keep reading about everything Madison said about her husband’s cancer diagnosis:
December 2024
Madison revealed the diagnosis of Bret’s cancer during an episode on December 12 at Southern charmS
“Unfortunately, Bret was diagnosed with thyroid cancer By the end of last year. Around our one-year wedding anniversary, she said, confirming that he became ill in the fall of 2023. “I thought,” As, how? I am finally happy. And it’s just scary. “
During the reality episode, the star explained that her husband had undergone surgery to remove a “three-priest node”, but “now there are complications.” She said at that time, “I feel we can’t catch AF – break.”
Madison also admitted that Bret’s disease had influenced her son. “I told Hudson (this) Bret is ill, but I did not go into detail what someone’s cancer can do,” she said in a confessor. “I try not to let Hudson see me emotional because I have to be strong for my family.”
January 2025
Madison revealed more information about Brett’s diagnosis during a phone call to his mother in an episode on January 9th.
“So he did some blood work and that didn’t come back normally. And they found a tumor on his kidney, “she said at that time BravoS “We don’t know what it is, but it still is … I didn’t start crying or anything else. But if I lost it, I would die. Just somehow, I don’t know. I don’t know what to do. “Madison’s father, Ted Lecroy. He had died of Cancer in 2023
“This is definitely the oldest year of my life,” she said during a confessor. – For sure. Because my father was also diagnosed with cancer, but he couldn’t stand it. This is life, I guess. Just F – I hate it. I hate it. “
March 2025
“The Brett’s test is back and there is no cancer,” Madison said during an episode on March 13th. “It was just abnormal tissue. So now they will hold the test and make sure everything works properly, and the kidneys are doing well, but what relief. “
During the confessional interview, Madison explained: “I feel like I was definitely breaths for so long that I don’t know how to breathe. I have the feeling that after you experience something like this, you will always worry. But at that moment I just have to be grateful that now we can just continue with our happy after life. “
Later in the episode reality, the star talks to her mother about creating a family, saying, “I want to say, I think literally, in the same breath he said:” Everything is negative, we are ready now. “
Madison further talks about the “horrifying” experience during Southern charm after showper BravoSaying, “I am glad that now at last we can say that everything is good and we are happy and he is healthy.”
“I don’t think many people realize that my father was diagnosed with cancer at the same time as my husband was diagnosed,” she explained. “But then my father unfortunately passed. So for me I was just like, I was likely to have no two in my life forever. It was horrifying, but then at the same time I am like, “Okay, I’m not scared because I have to be strong for him.” And he tries to do the same for me. “
She said about Bret: “He was very private in what was happening to him because he also saw how upset I was over my father. He is like, “I can’t see you hurt so badly,” especially “because it’s scared.”
