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Kathy Bates is opening up about her health. The 76-year-old Matlock star addressed her decision not to have reconstruction surgery following her breast cancer diagnosis 12 years ago in a conversation on MeSsy with Christina Applegate & Jamie-Lynn Sigler. During the interview, she said she enjoyed “not having breasts” after undergoing a double mastectomy following her breast cancer diagnosis in 2012. She previously had ovarian cancer in 2003. Kathy recalled a friend being “concerned” that she wasn’t having reconstruction surgery. “I decided not to have reconstruction ’cause at the age I was, I thought, you know, I really don’t wanna go through that. I just didn’t wanna go through it,” she said. “You know, I wasn’t in a relationship, I was older and I didn’t think I would be in a relationship, and it’s always kind of like, why do I have to?” she went on. “This is really weird maybe but I had really heavy breasts. They were like 10 pounds when they removed them. Really big, big breasts and I kind of enjoy not having breasts … it’s strange,” Kathy said. During filming for Matlock, she said they would “devise this really cool” kind of “camisole” made of material similar to Spanx. “Very thin straps, and they put little, you know, false-y cups in it, and they’re so comfortable…they give me a nice shape,” she explained. “I feel so good when I go out like that. For a while, I just didn’t go out with any prophylactics or at all, you know, or I went out with them and they’re hot and heavy and they made me unhappy.” Find out what moment brought her to tears after losing 100 pounds.
