Fawcett speaks about cancer ordeal

Farrah Fawcett has revealed that she would have liked her battle with cancer to have been a private one.

The actress, 62, made the statement during an interview with the Los Angeles Times last August that the newspaper published Monday, People reports.

She said: "It's much easier to go through something and deal with it without being under a microscope. It was stressful. I was terrified of getting the chemo. It's not pleasant, and the radiation is not pleasant."

The former Charlie’s Angels star also had harsh words for the tabloids, referencing a 2006 article headlined 'Farrah Begs 'Let Me Die'' that ran in the National Enquirer.

She added: "God, I would never say something like that. To think that people who did look up to me and felt positive because I was going through it too and yet I was strong...it just negated all that."

Fawcett is the subject of a two-hour NBC documentary, Farrah’s Story, set to air this Friday on the US network.