Madison LeCroy is opening up about her husband Brett Randle’s cancer battle in season 10 of Southern Charm.
Diagnosed with thyroid cancer in 2023, Brett, who is 38 years old, kept his illness private until season 10 of Southern Charm premiered on Bravo in December 2024.
At the age of 34, Madison and Brett got married in November 2022. In February 2025, the couple shared the news of Madison’s pregnancy with their second child, her first with Brett. (Madison’s first child is 12-year-old son Hudson from her previous relationship with John Hughes.)
Although Brett’s cancer diagnosis was disclosed during season 10, Madison revealed exclusively to Us Weekly that they had gone through an “emotional year,” which was further complicated by her father’s passing and the challenges involving her spouse.
“There’s a few bumps in the road, but we come out on top,” she said at the time. “I don’t want to give too much away, but it’s really — it’s an emotional year for us.”
Keep reading for everything Madison has said about her husband’s cancer diagnosis:
December 2024
Madison revealed Brett’s cancer diagnosis during a December 12 episode of Southern Charm.
“Unfortunately, Brett was diagnosed with thyroid cancer toward the end of last year. Around our one-year wedding anniversary,” she said, confirming he got sick in fall 2023. “I thought, ‘Like, how? I’m finally happy.’ And it’s just scary.”
During the episode, the reality star explained her husband had undergone surgery to remove a “three-centimeter nodule” but was “now having complications.” She said at the time, “I feel like we can’t catch a f—ing break.”
Madison also acknowledged how Brett’s illness had impacted her son. “I told Hudson [that] Brett was sick, but I didn’t go into detail about what cancer can do to someone,” she said in a confessional. “I try not to let Hudson see me emotional because I have to be strong for my family.”
January 2025
Madison revealed more information about Brett’s diagnosis during a phone call to her mother on a January 9 episode.
“So, he did some blood work and it didn’t come back normal. And they found a tumor on his kidney,” she said at the time, per Bravo. “We don’t know what it is, but it’s still…I didn’t start crying or anything. But if I lost him I would die. I just kind of, I don’t know. I don’t know what to do.” Madison’s father, Ted LeCroy, had passed away from cancer in 2023.
“This is definitely the worst year of my life,” she said during a confessional. “For sure. ‘Cause my dad was diagnosed with cancer, too, but he didn’t last. This is life, I guess. I just f—ing hate it. I f—ing hate it.”
March 2025
“Brett’s test came back and no cancer,” Madison said during a March 13 episode. “It was just an abnormal tissue. So now they’re going to run the test and make sure everything’s working properly, and the kidneys are doing good, but what a relief.”
During a confessional interview, Madison explained, “I feel like I’ve definitely been holding my breath so long that I don’t know how to breathe. I feel like once you experience something like this, you’re always gonna have worry. But at this moment, I just have to be thankful that now we can just move on with our happily ever after life.”
Later in the episode, the reality star spoke to her mom about starting a family, saying, “I mean, I think that literally, in the same breath he said, ‘Everything’s negative, now we’re ready.’”
Madison further spoke about the “terrifying” experience during the Southern Charm After Show, per Bravo, saying, “I’m glad that now we can finally say everything’s good and we’re happy and he’s healthy.”
“I don’t think a lot of people understood that my dad was diagnosed with cancer at the same time my husband was diagnosed,” she explained. “But then my dad unfortunately passed. So for me, I was just like, there is a possibility that I’m not gonna have both of these people in my life forever. That was terrifying, but then at the same time, I’m like, ‘OK, don’t freak out because I’ve gotta be strong for him.’ And he’s trying to do the same thing for me.”
She said of Brett, “He was very private in what was happening with him, because he also saw how upset I was over my dad. He’s like, ‘I can’t see you hurting so bad,’ especially ‘cause he’s scared.”
