“Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Kyle Richards, 55, has been one of the biggest cheerleaders for country singer Morgan Wade, 29, in recent years. The two have become good friends, and as Wade recently underwent a prophylactic mastectomy to reduce her cancer risk, added support goes a long way.
“I can tell you that she is absolutely one of my best, best friends in the world,” Richards told Andy Cohen.
“I stalked Morgan Wade on IG after listening to her music while driving solo from Utah to Colorado while making House Wives of the North Pole, and today we met up in person for the first time. The most unlikely of friendships, some may think, but kinship knows no boundaries,” Richards captioned her social media post.
The last 12 months have been filled with emotions for Wade; thus, the added support surely has been helpful. Last year, she learned she was a carrier of the BRCA gene mutation, which increases your chances of getting breast and ovarian cancer.
To reduce her chances of cancer, she underwent a prophylactic or preventative mastectomy, which is an operation where the breast tissue is removed to prevent cancer from developing in the future.
“Risk-reducing mastectomies are an operation where we take women at, usually, very high-risk for getting breast cancer for genetic mutation carriers, who are the ones at the highest risk; there’s unfortunately only one way to actually prevent breast cancer,” Dr. Elisa Port, Chief of Breast Surgery at Mount Sinai Health System, tells SurvivorNet.
