Nicole Eggert Opens Up About the ‘Hardest’ Part of Her Breast Cancer Diagnosis (Exclusive)

Mar. 15, 2025

Nicole Eggert at the premiere of ABC News Studios docuseries ‘After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun’ held at The Bungalow on August 26, 2024 in Santa Monica.Photo:Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty

Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty

Nicole Eggertis sharing an insight into the most difficult part of her breast cancer journey.Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at theAfter Baywatch: Moment in The Sunpremiere in Los Angeles on Monday, Aug. 26, Eggert, 52 — who wasdiagnosed with stage 2 cribriform carcinoma breast cancerin December 2023 — revealed that waiting for the next steps in her treatment has been the “hardest” for her.“I am good,” the actress tells PEOPLE of how she is doing amid her journey. “I am in sort of a gray area and I finished my treatment, waiting for more imaging and hopefully maybe surgery.”“And there’s a lot of waiting in this and it’s sort of something I didn’t really realize and nobody really talks about,” she adds. “But the gray area is the hardest because you don’t know what’s happening and you’re just, when I’m doing treatment, I felt like I was doing something productive.”Eggert, who is producing the ABC News Studios docuseries, continues, “So it felt positive and I was like, okay, I’m doing something positive. And now that it’s just like nothing, it’s like, well wait a minute. We got to get this out. So it’s, it’s just frustrating.”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Nicole Eggert 1992’s portrait.Fotos International/GettyOpening up about how she handles the waiting, theBaywatchalum, who played Summer Quinn on the show, says she keeps herself occupied and does “a lot of meditation."“I’ve worked with [a] Shaman and I do a lot of guided imagery,” Eggert tells PEOPLE. “I’ve taken some of Jeremy’s [Jackson] classes. He teaches like the breath workshops.”Nicole Eggert at the premiere of ABC News Studios docuseries ‘After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun’ held at The Bungalow on August 26, 2024 in Santa Monica, California.Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty“I do whatever I can, whatever I can,” she adds. “If he’s going for a walk or if it’s doing a meditation or I just do whatever I can to distract myself.”Eggert, who is the mother of daughters Dilyn, 25, and Keegan, 13, also revealed that her children have handled her diagnosis “really well.”“I mean, they kept me on my toes,” theCharles in Chargealum tells PEOPLE. “My 13-year-old didn’t give me any special treatment. It was still like, ‘Mom, give me that, let’s go here, let’s do that.’ “The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!She adds, “So she just kept me going and kept it lively. And I really loved that about both of them. And both treated it like nothing’s changing, just keep the days the way they are.”Earlier this month, Eggert told PEOPLE that looking after Keegan and producingAfter Baywatchhad given her"purpose"amid her diagnosis.“Having a young daughter and having this project has been a great motivation for me to not just sit and think about my health and my wellbeing. It’s giving me purpose,” said Eggert. “It’s keeping me driven every day. I think the timing of life is always for a reason. It’s been a great distraction, and my daughters kept me on my toes.“After Baywatch: Moment in the Sunpremieres Aug. 28 on Hulu.

Nicole Eggertis sharing an insight into the most difficult part of her breast cancer journey.

Speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at theAfter Baywatch: Moment in The Sunpremiere in Los Angeles on Monday, Aug. 26, Eggert, 52 — who wasdiagnosed with stage 2 cribriform carcinoma breast cancerin December 2023 — revealed that waiting for the next steps in her treatment has been the “hardest” for her.

“I am good,” the actress tells PEOPLE of how she is doing amid her journey. “I am in sort of a gray area and I finished my treatment, waiting for more imaging and hopefully maybe surgery.”

“And there’s a lot of waiting in this and it’s sort of something I didn’t really realize and nobody really talks about,” she adds. “But the gray area is the hardest because you don’t know what’s happening and you’re just, when I’m doing treatment, I felt like I was doing something productive.”

Eggert, who is producing the ABC News Studios docuseries, continues, “So it felt positive and I was like, okay, I’m doing something positive. And now that it’s just like nothing, it’s like, well wait a minute. We got to get this out. So it’s, it’s just frustrating.”

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Nicole Eggert 1992’s portrait.Fotos International/Getty

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Opening up about how she handles the waiting, theBaywatchalum, who played Summer Quinn on the show, says she keeps herself occupied and does “a lot of meditation.”

“I’ve worked with [a] Shaman and I do a lot of guided imagery,” Eggert tells PEOPLE. “I’ve taken some of Jeremy’s [Jackson] classes. He teaches like the breath workshops.”

Nicole Eggert at the premiere of ABC News Studios docuseries ‘After Baywatch: Moment in the Sun’ held at The Bungalow on August 26, 2024 in Santa Monica, California.Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty

“I do whatever I can, whatever I can,” she adds. “If he’s going for a walk or if it’s doing a meditation or I just do whatever I can to distract myself.”

Eggert, who is the mother of daughters Dilyn, 25, and Keegan, 13, also revealed that her children have handled her diagnosis “really well.”

“I mean, they kept me on my toes,” theCharles in Chargealum tells PEOPLE. “My 13-year-old didn’t give me any special treatment. It was still like, ‘Mom, give me that, let’s go here, let’s do that.’ "

The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How quickly can you solve it? Play now!

She adds, “So she just kept me going and kept it lively. And I really loved that about both of them. And both treated it like nothing’s changing, just keep the days the way they are.”

Earlier this month, Eggert told PEOPLE that looking after Keegan and producingAfter Baywatchhad given her"purpose"amid her diagnosis.

“Having a young daughter and having this project has been a great motivation for me to not just sit and think about my health and my wellbeing. It’s giving me purpose,” said Eggert. “It’s keeping me driven every day. I think the timing of life is always for a reason. It’s been a great distraction, and my daughters kept me on my toes.”

After Baywatch: Moment in the Sunpremieres Aug. 28 on Hulu.

source: people.com