MAFS Star Ella Ding Issues Public Apology For Shock Cancer Comments

Ella Ding of Married At First Sight has finally issued a public apology after receiving widespread backlash for claiming that positive thinking can help cure cancer during an episode of her podcast this month.

In a lengthy statement shared on Instagram late Friday, the influencer clarified that she wasn’t trying to give formal medical advice and apologized for not being “more careful” with her comments.

He also addressed the backlash surrounding his effusive promotion of a book written by chiropractor Dr. Joe Dispenza, in which he claimed he had been able to cure cancer patients without using chemotherapy.

“I want to clarify that while I am personally enthusiastic about Dr. Joe’s findings and treatment methods that he described in the book, he did not intend to provide any medical or treatment advice, I am now qualified to do so,” she explained.

Ella then discussed the scathing reaction from listeners her podcast has received since her medical musings were published.

“I acknowledge and take full responsibility,” she stressed, insisting that she should have been clearer in discussing the sensitive issue.

“I understand that I should have reminded listeners to always seek professional medical advice regarding medical conditions, or before making any medical decisions,” the brunette wrote.

“I’ll make sure to be more careful in the future when I share information and stories around these kinds of topics.”

In a lengthy statement shared on Instagram, the influencer clarified that she was not trying to give formal medical advice and apologized for not being “more careful” with her comments.

“I acknowledge and take full responsibility,” she stressed, insisting that she should have been clearer in discussing the sensitive issue.

Ding made the shocking comments earlier this month on his podcast, sit with uswhich is co-hosted by fellow MAFS star Domenica Calarco.

During an episode about gratitude and mental health, Ding said, “Your mind can kill you.” It can make you sick.

“If you’re sick in any way, whether it’s from disease, whether you have cancer or whether you have depression, you can literally make yourself sicker if you focus on how sick you are,” he continued.

“You can end up with a terminal illness,” added the 29-year-old.

“We can program our brains to do almost anything,” Calarco said.

Ding made the shocking comments earlier this month on his podcast, Sit With Us, which is co-hosted by fellow MAFS star Domenica Calarco.

According to the Cancer Council, some scientific studies suggest that mind-body techniques may benefit people with cancer by reducing the symptoms and side effects of cancer and its treatment, such as helping with pain and anxiety.

However, there is absolutely no scientific evidence that these techniques can cure the disease.

Ding then went on to promote the work of chiropractor Joe Dispenza before referencing his book, How to Rewire Your Brain.

“He has hundreds of case studies of people who were sick with cancer, and he literally trained them to imagine they weren’t sick,” he said.

‘Imagine that cancer is leaving your body. Imagine that the cells are leaving. It has literally cured patients without chemotherapy,” she added.

During the episode, the 29-year-old influencer said that ‘your mind can kill you’ and urged her followers to think positive when battling depression or cancer.

Ding then touted the work of chiropractor Dr. Joe Dispenza, claiming that he had “cured patients without chemotherapy.”

He then discussed Dispenza’s recent appearance on Jay Shetty’s popular podcast and urged his listeners to check it out for themselves.

His co-host, Calarco, praised the power of positive thinking, saying, “In fact, everything you do is up to you.”

She continued: ‘You can focus on the negatives. You can go and be depressed and sad about something in particular, or you can choose to say, “No, I’m not going to let this control my life.”

Daily Mail Australia contacted Ding, NSW Health and the Cancer Council for comment.

“We can program our brains to do almost anything,” Ella’s co-host Domenica Calarco added.

Ding has received a lot of backlash since the controversial episode was released earlier this month.

Her Instagram page is now not only flooded with negative comments, but listeners of her Sit With Us podcast have also left scathing reviews of one star.

‘Tell people their cancer became terminal because they didn’t practice mindfulness? Dangerous and offensive’, a listener raged.

‘This is quite offensive and totally wrong. I’m not sure how this podcast got launched. Big public apology needed. Cancelled!’ wrote another.

Sit With Us is currently one of the most popular podcasts in the country.

Domenica and Ella’s Sit With Us podcast is one of the most popular in the country.

Listeners have flooded the podcast with one-star reviews since the cancer episode premiered earlier this month.

It previously topped the Spotify charts, beating Joe Rogan, and racked up millions of downloads.

Former Ella Married At First Sight co-star Lyndall Grace, who suffers from cystic fibrosis, also weighed in.

Listen to your doctors. It’s not your fault, it’s not your choice and it won’t change,” she said on Instagram.

He also stressed that mindfulness are tools to help people, but “they are not cures.”