The overwrought world of reality TV has caught the attention of the SurvivorNet community after one of TV’s more outrageous figures seemed to have blamed her husband’s colon cancer on karma; as in he somehow deserved to get sick. Real Housewives of Atlanta alumnus NeNe Leakes suggested that her husband Gregg's stage three colon cancer was a karmic punishment for his infidelity. We want to preface this story by saying that no one should ever blame themselves for a cancer diagnosis. Cancer is not a punishment, and cancer does not discriminate.
Leakes was commenting on acting as a caretaker for her husband as he battles colon cancer. The couple went public with Gregg’s diagnosis in June 2018, and the RHOA husband has been pretty vocal on social media about his battle. The question of karma came up in a YouTube video from NeNe, where she said, "As a caretaker, you startit depends on where your relationship is … You look at the person and think about, you know people love to say, 'Karma is a bitch,' and karma this and karma that … You look at the person and say, "You did so many different things to me. Is this the payback?' You hope not … But as a caretaker, these are the thoughts that go through your head."
Read MoreColon cancer survivor Jovannie Lorenzo told SurvivorNet that she spent a lot of time after her diagnosis wondering what she did to deserve it. But she says, eventually, it was faith that got her through it. "You're not human if you don't question at some point in your life, why me?" Jovannie said. "Why would this happen to me, why God? What did I do? But trust in what's in your heart. Trust in what you feel and trust in what you know. And don't lose that hope, don't lose that love that you have for your God."
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