A BBC star has candidly opened up about their 32 year old health battle, as Naga Munchetty, who hosts BBC Breakfast, has shared her anger over being made to ‘second guess’ her pain

BBC Breakfast star Naga Munchetty has revealed sterilisation was her ‘only option’ after suffering in pain with a debilitating health condition for 32 years.

Naga, 50, has previously revealed her painful health battle, which reached a crisis point when the agony became so intense that she had to call an ambulance. Naga was diagnosed with adenomyosis in 2022, but had been struggling with pain for years before. She later revealed her condition after she was forced to take time off due to the condition.

Adenomyosis, which affects around one in 10 women in the UK, is a condition where “the lining of the womb (uterus) starts growing into the muscle in the wall of the womb. There are treatments that can help with any symptoms”, the NHS states.

The TV star explained: “I knew I didn’t want children and I didn’t want to be reliant on hormones or the regimen of the pill because it didn’t fit with my lifestyle.

“It felt like it was my only option,” Naga candidly revealed. The TV star, who’s new book It’s Probably Nothing is due for release on May 8, shared how she was on the receiving end of cruel comments about her choice not to have children. Naga said: “here were even people who said, ‘Oh, they haven’t chosen not to have children, there are fertility problems’,” before she added that people ‘couldn’t accept’ she and her husband James Haggar had ‘chosen not to have children’.

Naga previously revealed her symptoms in a previous interview with The Times in which she said: “[A normal period] It’s not throwing up. It’s not diarrhoea. It’s not hugging a toilet and crying because you’re sweating through pain, fainting, cramped over, loading yourself up with painkillers way more than you should be, from the age of 15.”

Naga first brought her struggle with this debilitating gynaecological condition to light during a segment on BBC Radio 5 Live in 2023, even admitting to enduring pain while on air, reports the Express.

Naga began her illustrious broadcasting career as a reporter on Reuters Financial Television. Since then, she has continued to ascend the ranks, securing roles on CNBC, Channel 4 and now the BBC where she is one of the most recognisable faces.