Jonnie Irwin: Place in the Sun presenter reveals he has terminal cancer

TV presenter Jonnie Irwin has revealed helium has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.

The 48-year-old, who presents Channel 4's A Place In The Sun and the BBC's Escape To The Country, told Hello! magazine his lung crab had dispersed to his brain.

"I don't cognize however agelong I person left," helium told the publication.

He added that helium hopes his diagnosis volition animate radical to "make the astir of each day".

Irwin, who shares three-year-old lad Rex and two-year-old twins Rafa and Cormac with his woman Jessica, had kept his unwellness backstage until now.

He explained that the archetypal informing signs came successful 2020, erstwhile his imaginativeness went blurry portion helium was driving, portion filming A Place In The Sun successful Italy.

"Within a week of flying backmost from filming, I was being fixed six months to live," helium said.

"I had to spell location and archer my wife, who was looking aft our babies, that she was connected her ain beauteous much. That was devastating.

"All I could bash was apologise to her. I felt truthful responsible."

Irwin has continued to enactment arsenic overmuch arsenic imaginable and said it had got to the constituent wherever "I felt similar I was carrying a soiled secret, it's go a monkey connected my back".

"I anticipation that by shaking that monkey disconnected I mightiness animate radical who are surviving with life-limiting prospects to marque the astir of each day, to assistance them spot that you tin unrecorded a affirmative life, adjacent though you are dying," helium continued.

"One day, this is going to drawback up with me, but I'm doing everything I tin to clasp that time disconnected for arsenic agelong arsenic possible.

"I beryllium that to Jess and our boys. Some radical successful my presumption person bucket lists, but I conscionable privation america to bash arsenic overmuch arsenic we tin arsenic a family."

The spot expert, who besides writes articles and gives lectures connected the topic, said helium did not cognize precisely "how agelong I person left" but is trying to enactment "positive" and "make memories" with his family, taking the presumption that helium was "living with cancer, not dying from it".

"I acceptable small markers, things I privation to beryllium astir for," helium said. "I got into the wont of saying, 'don't program up due to the fact that I mightiness not beryllium good enough'.

"But present I privation to marque plans. I privation to marque memories and seizure these moments with my household due to the fact that the world is, my boys are going to turn up not knowing their dada and that breaks my heart."

Irwin has besides taken retired beingness security and,encouraged different radical to bash the same.

"That has helped truthful overmuch and erstwhile I permission this planet, I'll bash truthful knowing Jess and the boys are successful a location that is afloat paid disconnected and there's a spot of wealth successful the slope for them to unrecorded off."

Reacting to the news, his Place successful the Sun co-host Jasmine Harman said: "Words can't hole much, but what beauteous words of enactment you person had present [on societal media] Jonnie.

"I cognize you cognize this already, but I americium present for you my beloved friend, and Jess and the boys. So, truthful brave. Sending tons of love, talk soon."

The show's authoritative Instagram leafage added: "We don't person the words, we conscionable person love, affection and respect for our person and workfellow of truthful galore years, the fantastic Jonnie Irwin. We're reasoning of you, Jess and the boys x."

On spectator posted connected Twitter: "So precise bittersweet tonight. Jonnie's a fantastic presenter and comes crossed arsenic specified a thoroughly decent person."

"So precise sad," added another. "I person ever enjoyed Jonnie's consciousness of humour and zest for life. I anticipation those quality traits volition assistance him and his household successful these precise hard times. Thank you for each the sunshine Jonnie."

Irwin has been a presenter connected A Place successful the Sun since 2004, and has appeared connected Escape to the Country since 2010.