Lisa Wilkinson confesses: My sad private battle

Popular Today Show co-host Lisa Wilkinson has opened up about the private struggle that her family has faced in recent years.

Lisa confessed to the assembled guests during a NutraLife vitamins launch in Sydney last week that both her mother and her brother almost lost their lives to heart attacks.

‘Mum had a triple bypass six years ago,’ the television star revealed to the crowd. ‘It allowed us many more years than we thought were going to be possibe.’ 

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