Channel Seven sports activities presenter Mel McLaughlin has revealed she has had half a lung eliminated as a consequence of her most cancers battle as she made an emotional publish whereas watching Australia beat Turkey on the World Cup.
The well-known determine, who revealed she was battling stage two lung most cancers in December 2025, made the revelation within the bio of her Instagram account.
‘It’s a sport of two halves. Credit score to the boys. 1.5 lungs,’ her bio reads.
McLaughlin, 46, made her well being battle public late final yr as she underwent surgical procedure on her left lung.
The favored media persona is at present abroad within the Americas overlaying the 2026 FIFA World Cup for Channel Seven.
She made an emotional publish after the Socceroos shocked the game by beating Turkey in Vancouver.
Seven star Mel McLaughlin has disclosed a grim element in regards to the results of her surgical procedure for lung most cancers and made an emotional publish from the Socceroos’ World Cup win (pictured)
The favored sport presenter (pictured) missed a number of months of labor after stunning Aussies by revealing her most cancers battle
McLaughlin (pictured proper) revealed her most cancers analysis throughout an interview with colleague Mark Ferguson
‘It is an excessive amount of,’ McLaughlin wrote below a picture showing her at the Socceroos match.
When she made the general public revelation about contracting the sickness late final yr, she additionally defined that lung most cancers claimed her sister’s life a decade in the past.
The veteran presenter had a malignant tumour faraway from her lung, together with a big part of the organ, earlier in 2025.
McLaughlin missed a number of months of TV presenting because of this, and solely returned to Aussie screens in April.
The 46-year-old additionally took to social media straight after her first look again on display to offer an replace to her followers.
‘Remembered tips on how to learn and didn’t run out of breath – I’ll take that for now,’ she wrote.
‘My great, lovely, dysfunctional work household held my hand and handled my nerves and nervousness. Poor youngsters having to place up with me!
‘Extraordinarily overwhelmed and touched by the entire messages, and sharing of so lots of your personal tales.’
