Martina Navratilova breaks down on The All New Monty as she compares breast cancer battle to her difficult upbringing… admitting she was more worried about ‘hurting her mum’

• The All New Monty: Ladies Night saw Martina join the likes of Megan Barton Hanson, Victoria Derbyshire and Coleen Nolan strip off to raise awareness for womens’ health
• Martina broke down during a conversation with Coleen about growing up in a communist country, and how she found cancer ‘a piece of cake’ in comparison
• She became emotional when recalling how she she was more concerned about hurting her mother
• The tennis ace, 62, said: ‘I found out it was DCIS which is not the worst kind. Sometimes I feel like I lucked out, I had the good cancer – if ever there was an oxymoron’

She was a last-minute eighth edition to ITV’s The All New Monty: Ladies Night.

And on Tuesday’s show Martina Navratilova shared a heart-to-heart with Coleen Nolan about her battle with breast cancer – and how she was more concerned at the time with the impact it had on her mother.

Becoming emotional, the tennis ace, 62, told Coleen: ‘I found out it was DCIS which is not the worst kind. Sometimes I feel like I lucked out, I had the good cancer – if ever there was an oxymoron.

Raw: Martina Navratilova shared a heart-to-heart with Coleen Nolan about her battle with breast cancer on The All New Monty: Ladies Night

‘For me the scariest parts were going back to the doctor and getting a mammogram to see if anything else is there.

‘Growing up in a communist country, you have to keep things buttoned up. And then I left my family and I didn’t see my parents for four years. And that’s what I’ll start crying about because I can’t get that time back.

‘You just think, get on with it. Because the worst part of my life was already behind me.

‘This is only me, I can deal with it, but what hurt me was hurting my mum. Because cancer was a piece of cake.’

Pride: The ladies told Martina that her mother would be proud of her appearing on the show – which sees the celebs performing a striptease to encourage women to examine their breasts and have regular cervical smear checks

Tears: Becoming emotional, the tennis ace, 62, told Coleen – ‘I found out it was DCIS which is not the worst kind. Sometimes I feel like I lucked out, I had the good cancer – if ever there was an oxymoron’

Speaking later in the show about her mother – who died 11 years ago – Martina said: ‘She was the best person I know. She was so smart. Whenever there was a game show on, she knew every bloody answer 

She added: ‘I know what I’m doing on Centre Court. But I don’t know what I’m doing here’

Speaking later in the show about her mother – who died 11 years ago – Martina said: ‘She was the best person I know. She was so smart. Whenever there was a game show on, she knew every bloody answer.

‘She blew my socks of. And I miss her.’

As the ladies told Martina that her mother would be proud of her appearing on the show – which sees the celebs performing a striptease to encourage women to examine their breasts and have regular cervical smear checks – the tennis star said: ‘She wouldn’t believe I’m doing this, knowing how shy I am.’

She added: ‘I know what I’m doing on Centre Court. But I don’t know what I’m doing here.’

Elsewhere on the show, Love Island’s Megan Barton Hanson insisted she  feels more confident naked than with clothes on, in stark contrast to many of the other celebrity participants taking part. 

Jaw-dropping: Megan oozed confidence as she stripped off live onstage

Cheeky: The host of brave stars showcased their derrieres as they stripped 

Busty: Victoria, Coleen and Laurie covered their busts as they danced

Peekaboo: Megan revealed her ample assets as she prepared to bare all 

Applause: The celebs completed the striptease as they were applauded 

Laid bare: Megan insisted she suffers from insecurities on Tuesday night’s episode of The All New Monty Ladies Night

Insecure: The blonde bombshell revealed that she feels more confident naked than with clothes on, in stark contrast to many of the other celebrity participants taking part

Opening up: Megan, 25, was asked to stand on stage in front of the other women and stand somewhere between an ‘Unconfident’ and a ‘Confident’ sign. Megan stood closer to the ‘Unconfident’ sign

Megan, 25, was asked to take to the stage in front of the other women during their first gathering, and stand somewhere between an ‘Unconfident’ and a ‘Confident’ sign.

Megan stood closer to the ‘Unconfident’ sign.

Asked by choreographer Ashley Banjo how she would feel if she were naked, Megan replied: ‘I’d feel better without clothes.’

‘That’s so unusual,’ noted Victoria Derbyshire, who took part in the show last year.

Asked by choreographer Ashley Banjo how she would feel if she were naked, Megan replied: ‘I’d feel better without clothes’

Supportive: ‘That’s so unusual,’ noted Victoria Derbyshire, who took part in the show last year

This is me: Coleen was taking part in the show for the second year

Moments before: Megan flashed her pert derriere in bondage-style underwear

We did it! The stars smiled as they embraced after the performance

Looking good ladies: The line-up of stars includes Megan, EastEnders’ Laurie Brett, Danielle Armstrong of TOWIE, Benidorm’s Crissy Rock and So Solid Crew’s Lisa Maffia (top row, left-right) alongside Victoria Derbyshire, Martina Navratilova and Coleen Nolan (bottom row, left-right)

‘When I pose on Instagram, half-naked pictures, stripping, I know I get a lot of love for that, I get likes for that I get paid for that,’ Megan explained. ‘But me standing here fully clothed, just my personality laid bare, I’m not so comfortable with.’

She then told the camera: ‘That was nerve-wracking. To stand up there and be so honest and vulnerable and say, you know what, I don’t feel confident in myself.

‘It was hard, I’m not gonna lie.’ 

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