A Place In The Sun’s Jonnie Irwin was given “six months to live” one week after wrapping up filming the beloved Channel 4 programme in Italy.
Jonnie, 48, revealed to Hello! Magazine that he hopes by sharing his terminal cancer diagnosis – which he has kept private up until now – will inspire people to make the most of every day.
The Channel 4 favourite, who doesn’t know how exactly long he has left to live, was diagnosed with lung cancer that has now spread to his brain.
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He recalled to the magazine that it was within a week of flying back from Italy after filming A Place In The Sun in August 2020 that he was given “six months to live”.
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The keen sportsman, who played rugby until he broke his back, married his wife Jessica Holmes in 2016, and share three boys.
Speaking to the magazine Jonnie spoke of how telling his wife about his tragic news was “devastating” and left him being unable to do anything other than apologise because he “felt so responsible”.
Comparing keeping his health battle a “dirty secret” to having a “monkey on his back” the property expert wants to inspire those with “life-limiting prospects to make the most of every day”.
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He also wants to help them “see that you can live a positive life, even though you are dying”.
Jonnie touched on how he knows that one day his illness will “catch up with him” but he urged that he is doing everything he can to postpone that for as long as he can.
“I owe that to Jess and our boys. Some people in my position have bucket lists, but I just want us to do as much as we can as a family,” he told the magazine.
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Jonnie’s A Place In The Sun career began in 2004 when he was selected from hundreds of applicants along with co-presenter Jasmine Harman.
As well as his stint on the much-loved property and travel show, he has also popped up on Escape to the Country and To Buy or Not to Buy.
In January 2011 he headed up Sky 1’s Dream Lives for Sale, which saw him help people leave their lives in the UK behind and buy a business abroad.
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