The singer – who stole our hearts with her eclectic pop stylings in the early 2000s (think I’m Outta Love, Why’d You Lie To Me, and Not That Kind, to name just three of her hits) – was diagnosed with breast cancer just a few years after her career took off. And, when doctors later found that the disease had returned, Anastacia underwent a double mastectomy.

Since then, the musician has campaigned tirelessly for a number of cancer charities, as well as appeared on Strictly Come Dancing and launched a mammoth world tour. She’s been busy, yes – but not too busy to shut down thoughtless and insensitive comments about her reproductive choices.

Speaking on the Bizarre Life podcast, Anastacia admitted that, when she was younger, she did dream about starting a family of her own someday.

“I’m conscious of not having a child at this point in my life,” she said. “When I was younger I wanted, so the word wanted, wanted, wanted, was there until a certain period when I was like, ‘This is not going to happen’. Like, ‘Imagine having a kid right now?’”

Anastacia’s sick of people assuming cancer is the reason she doesn’t have kids