Jonnie Irwin shares an emotional health update
Jonnie Irwin, star of ‘A place in the Sun’ has given fans an emotional update on his health via social media.
In a statement released on Monday Irwin, 48, said he wanted to do “as much as we can as a family” before the time comes, with him revealing that doctors have only given him six months to live upon diagnosis with terminal cancer.
Despite sharing the news for the first time on Monday 14 November, Irwin was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2020 and learned that his cancer had spread to his brain.
“I don’t know how long I have left,” he told Hello magazine.
“I try to stay positive and my attitude is that I’m living with cancer, not dying from it.”
Irwin developed a huge fanbase as the host of TV show A Place In The Sun, where he helped couples move from homes in Britain to somewhere close to “sun, sea and sand abroad”.
He has received an outpouring of supportive messages since revealing his diagnosis prompted him to provide an update on Instagram, where he has an audience of over 78,000 followers.
Jonnie and wife Jessica have three sons - three-year-old Rex and two-year-old twins Rada and Cormac.
The beloved presenter has told Hello Magazine that he had shifted his mentality from assuming he would not be well enough for certain milestones to instead setting “little markers” of moments he wanted to be around for.
Jonnie was in Italy filming A Place in the Sun when he experienced blurry vision while driving, he noticed something was off.
“Within a week of flying back from filming, I was being given six months to live,” he said.
Despite the initial prognosis, treatment including chemotherapy has helped prolong Irwin’s life. After two years of living with cancer, he said he wanted to share his story beyond the “very small group of friends and family” who knew.
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