London, Jan 1 (IANS) American celebrity Giuliana Rancic has praised singer Kelly Osbourne for helping her during breast cancer surgery.

Giuliana explained that Osbourne, 27, has sent words of inspiration through micro-blogging site Twitter and flowers as she prepared to undergo a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery earlier this month following her diagnosis with breast cancer.

'Kelly (Osbourne) was so incredibly supportive through all of this. I remember from the beginning she kept tweeting all of these messages of love and inspiration: 'You're an inspiration. I love you. Stay Strong. Good luck on your surgery',' contactmusic.com quoted Rancic as saying.

'All my surgeries, everything she's always sent me emails and tweeted, every single time I'd got through anything. She sent me this gorgeous orchid. It's sitting in my kitchen right now on the windowsill...,' she added.

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