WHAT would Angelina Jolie do?
That’s the first thought that went through “Good Morning America” correspondent Amy Robach’s mind after learning she had breast cancer, sources say.
The 40-year-old got the heartbreaking news after having her first mammogram Oct. 1 during the ABC show as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Robach decided to follow in Angelina’s footsteps and undergo a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery.
But a breast cancer cancer diagnosis was the last thing Amy – mother of two girls and stepmom to actor husband Andrew Shue’s three sons – expected to hear.
“A million things went through Amy’s mind,” said a “GMA” insider.
“Then, she thought, if Angelina could have this done, then I could too.”
The Oscar-winning actress, 38, disclosed in May that she’d had a preventive double mastectomy and breast reconstruction earlier this year after discovering she carried the faulty gene that causes breast and ovarian cancer.
“Like Angelina, Amy has already had children so she thought it was a no-brainer to have a mastectomy,” said the source.
“She’s getting a lot of support, especially from Andrew’s family.”
That includes Shue’s mother Anne Harms, an ordained minister who performed the couple’s marriage ceremony in 2010, and his actress sister, “CSI” star Elisabeth Shue, said the source.
“Amy told a pal, ‘I couldn’t ask for a better family to stand behind me in this ordeal. They’ve given me a lot of strength!’” said the source.
“And so has the shining example of Angelina!”
