Kathy Bates has explained why she chose not to have reconstruction after a double mastectomy. The 76- year-old actress has opened up about why she decided not to have reconstruction surgery after undergoing a double mastectomy following her breast cancer diagnosis in 2012.

Kathy Bates explained her decision not to have reconstruction surgery after her 2012 breast cancer diagnosis and double mastectomy in an interview with Christina Applegate and Jamie-Lynn Sigler.

"This is really weird, maybe, but I had really heavy breasts. They were like 10 pounds when they removed them," Kathy Bates said on a podcast.