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You shut your mouth when you say things like this, Melissa Etheridge!

We’re kidding! But wow did this catch us off-guard!

Angelina Jolie’s choice to undergo a preventative double mastectomy has been lauded as extremely courageous, but this singer doesn’t feel that way.

Etheridge, who beat breast cancer, said:

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Taking inspiration from Angelina Jolie, CNN's Zoraida Sambolin spoke up and announced that she too needed a mastectomy, and that she had just been diagnosed with breast cancer!

Here's what she originally announced:

"For a while I have been struggling because I was diagnosed with breast cancer about three weeks ago and I was trying to figure out how do I share this story, how do I tell the viewers that I'm going to be gone for a while, because I have chosen to have a double mastectomy. Angelina Jolie's story really hit home."

Now, after having had her mastectomy, we're getting a CNN update from Zoraida herself!

This is so fab — it sounds like she's really doing well, taking it all day-by-day! We can't even imagine having to go through this, but she's being such a badass about it!

Feel better soon, Zoraida!!

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Some people should just NOT be allowed to use Twitter!

Lena Dunham is known to send out some silly tweets from time to time, but when she cracked a joke on Memorial Day some of her followers let her know they were NOT happy about it!

The Girls actress and director received TONS of nasty messages, but one particularly awful tweet DEFINITELY crossed the line, reading:

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Beep Beep Beep!

That's the sound of Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield's celebrity couple power going up, up, up on the Hollywood lov-ometer!!

The two were snapped sharing a Tuesday smooch at the 2013 Peace, Love & A Cure Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation Benefit.

Aww, isn't it absolutely adorable (above)!?!

Emma, who parades her support around breast cancer benefits often, was there with Andy and her mother — a survivor herself!!

Emma has been publicly kissing her manfriend quite a bit these days. From modified Spidey puckers to this, keep 'em coming! We're enamored with the love here!!

P.S. Speaking of breast cancer, CLICK HERE to read the latest in Angelina Jolie's journey!

[Image via Getty Images.]

Tags: 2013 peace love cure, andrew garfield, breast cancer, cancer, celebrity couples, emma stone, triple negative breast cancer benefit

Looks like an online petition asking Victoria's Secret to make mastectomy bras is not happening.

Despite Allana Maiden and her mother Debbie Barrett collecting 120,000 signatures asking the lingerie label to create a bra for breast cancer survivors, and even meeting with some of the VS execs, it turns out that after some research, the panty giant's decided to not make the designs.

Victoria's Secret released a statement, saying:

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There's no question that Angelina Jolie showed TONS of courage when she announced her decision to have preventative, and the more we look at her family's history with cancer the more it makes sense that she would take such extreme measures.

The actress knew for two reasons that she was at a high risk of being diagnosed with cancer. The first was she had a BRCA1 gene mutation, which greatly increases the chances of getting the disease. The second reason was that it runs in her family.

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Even though we can't even begin to comprehend how difficult Angelina Jolie's courageous decision to undergo a double mastectomy must have been for the incredible, inspirational actress, it's clear that she made the choice knowing just how devastating the toll can be for those with the defective gene that is linked to both breast and ovarian cancer!

And not just because she lost her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, to the same disease!

Sadly, it appears that Angie's Aunt Debbie, her mom's sister, is now battling stage four breast cancer, even though she elected to have her ovaries removed after taking a test that showed she also carried the faulty BRCA1 gene.

Watch her bravery and perseverance, covered in a story for Inside Edition (above)!

So unreal to think that this disease has ravaged an entire family for so many generations, but hopefully, by coming forward and discussing their struggles so openly, women like Angie and her Aunt Debbie can break the cycle and raise awareness so others in similar situations have the information and resources necessary to make potentially life-saving decisions regarding their health.

Stay strong, you guys! You're in our prayers!

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