Lara Stone revealed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer just a week before allegations about her ex-husband David Walliams emerged in the press.
The British comedian, who was married to Stone for five years, faces claims he engaged in inappropriate behaviour with girls as young as 15 dating back two decades. The allegations came from a joint investigation by The Guardian and ITV News, published on Tuesday, November 10, after Walliams failed to obtain an injunction to prevent the reporting.
Stone's announcement
The Dutch supermodel shared her diagnosis via an Instagram post on October 31, stating she was undergoing breast cancer treatment. Alongside a graphic reading “Check your breasts, it could save your life,” she wrote: “Since it’s still officially Breast Cancer Awareness Month, I wanted to share that I have recently been diagnosed and am undergoing treatment for breast cancer.”
“This has obviously been a huge shock, and I’m so grateful to have found it early. I don’t often share my personal life online, but if this post will make just one person check their breasts, or make that appointment they’ve been putting off, it’s worth sharing,” she added, urging followers: “Please don’t ignore changes to your body.” She did not provide further details about the stage of her cancer or specifics of her treatment.
Relationship history
Stone, who shares a son with Walliams, has not publicly commented on the allegations against her former husband. The pair met in 2009 at a Chelsea football match, with Stone, who is 12 years younger than Walliams, saying the comedian made the first move. They announced their engagement in January 2010 and married four months later at Claridge’s Hotel, welcoming their son Alfred in 2013.
The couple split after five years of marriage in 2015, with Walliams citing Stone’s “unreasonable behaviour” as the reason for their divorce. They share joint custody of Alfred. In 2022, Stone married David Grievson, founder of property design company Coburn.
Walliams' response
Walliams, who denies all allegations, acknowledged in a statement that he sometimes “behaved thoughtlessly towards other people I had casual sexual relationships with.” He said: “I realise I did not always take people's feelings properly into account. That is something I regret. And whilst a power imbalance is inevitable when one party is famous, abusing that power is something else entirely and it is something that I never did.”
