According to reports Kellie Maloney is said to have been left “devastated” by the news that she won’t be able to go ahead with her gender reassignment surgery.

The former boxing coach reportedly stopped breathing during a recent facial reconstruction surgery, which could be the reason the planned sex change operation, due for January, has been cancelled.

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The problem during the facial surgery, which occurred in Belgium, was said to have been brought on by a reaction to anaesthetic.

A source told The Sun: “She can’t go ahead with the sex change now. She’s in utter turmoil.

“The doctors have advised against it. It is too dangerous. But she is devastated”

Last month, Kellie admitted she was more excited about the sex change operation than scared: “It’s not nerve wracking. I thought it would be but it’s something I’ve always wanted.

“It’s how I want to see my body when I look in the mirror.

“As soon as I can get out of that bed, I’m going to look in a full-length mirror at myself and for the first time ever, I will see the person I should have been all of my life staring back at me.”

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Kellie, who had previously been known to the public as boxing coach Frank Maloney, came out as transgender earlier this year.

She was later offered a record fee to take part in this summer’s series of Celebrity Big Brother.