Bachelorette heartbreak: Georgia Love's mum enters palliative care

Georgia Love's mum Belinda was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer around the same time that she was approached to be The Bachelorette.

And now, tragically, Belinda has been admitted to palliative care, just days before the finale of the series is set to air.

Network Ten told The Daily Telegraph in a statement: "Georgia and her family are going through a very difficult time with serious family health issues.

“They are focusing on supporting each other during this hard time and kindly ask you to respect their privacy.”

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The network are yet to confirm if Georgia, 28, will fulfill the media commitments of her role on The Bachelorette amid this tragic turn of events, as she supports her family during this tough time.

Georgia has been open about her mum's heartbreaking pancreatic cancer diagnosis, and how it influenced her decision to go on The Bachelorette.

Speaking to Be before her reality TV debut, she revealed that it was a bitter-sweet experience, because while on one hand she wanted to strike out and try something new, on the other it broke her heart to leave her mum when she was about to commence chemotherapy.

“It’s not an easy time at all,” she told Be. “It’s a bit of a double-edged sword, because it’s so much to do with why I did [went on the show].

“My mum getting that diagnosis really changed my whole outlook and perspective on everything, and made me understand the importance of family and of love.

“Seeing how my dad has been with my mum going through all of this, it’s just made me feel like more than ever that I want that as well – I want someone to be my support if or when things go bad."

She added: “But at the same time, to choose to go away for a few months while all of this is happening was extremely difficult.

“It’s been really hard for me coming back into it and seeing mum ten weeks into chemo…so, yeah, it has been a double-edged sword.”

But throughout filming Georgia kept in constant contact for updates on her mum's health.

She told Be: "The massive positive that I’m taking away from it is that mum has been really excited about it, and to focus on and take her mind off things so I’m really glad I could at least maybe ease the pressure for her, at least for a few seconds a day, when I give her a phone call."

“It’s not something I’ve really considered before,” she says of going on the reality series. “[But] when something happens like that it does rock your world and you completely change your perspective on things.”

The Tassie-based news reporter said during the first episode of The Bachelorette that she was doing the series for her mum.

"I'm doing this because I realise that family and love is what is important at the end of the day," she said to the camera.

Speaking to her mum, she then said: "I think, especially with everything you're going through at the moment, and have been going through, I've seen what it's like to be, you know, loved.

"Seeing how Dad has been with you has made me realise how important family is, and having loved ones, that that's what I want."

The Bachelorette finale will air Thursday 7:30pm on Channel Ten.

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