James Whale has shared another heartbreaking health update amid his battle with terminal cancer, after revealing there were ‘no treatments left’.
The broadcaster, 73, is battling stage four kidney cancer that has spread to his spine, brain and lungs, and said he will be ‘exceptionally lucky to make it to Christmas‘.
Speaking on his TalkTV show on Friday, which he said could soon come to an end due to his ill health, told viewers that things were getting ‘very very difficult’ and he had resorted to wearing make-up on the air to appear healthy.
During a conversation with a guest who’d lost her husband to the disease James said: ‘Until very recently, everything was quite normal for me, everything was fine, and then you do get to a stage like I am now, with things get to be very very difficult’.
‘To anybody else who is in the final stages of cancer, you have my sympathy. I know exactly what you’re going through, I do know, I look basically okay, I get told you look alright and I look okay, it’s all make-up’.
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James Whale, 73, has shared another heartbreaking health update amid his battle with terminal cancer , after revealing there were ‘no treatments left’
The broadcaster is battling stage four kidney cancer that has spread to his spine, brain and lungs, and said he will be ‘exceptionally lucky to make it to Christmas (pictured 2023)
Last month the TV star admitted he would be ‘exceptionally lucky to make it to Christmas‘ as he celebrated his 74th birthday with friends and family.
Joined by fellow radio host Lizzie Cundy and his wife Nadine, James gave a health update while enjoying some drinks in the sun.
Explaining that whilst he is ‘feeling ok,’ he admitted that it ‘would be easier to have a heart attack’ in a candid confession.
When asked by Lizzie how he was doing, he responded: ‘I’m feeling ok. As people know I’m not about to die, but well, you never know do you.
‘I have had all my treatment so I’m giving you the low down on it.’
James added: ‘If I make it to Christmas I will be exceptionally lucky. Some times I think it will be easier just to have a heart attack and go.’
He previously said he was ‘at the end’ of his cancer journey and there are ‘no treatments left’.
Making the announcement on his show, with his co-host Ash Gould by his side, James shared that he wouldn’t be on the airwaves much longer and that his show may soon come to an end.
James confessed he had had resorted to wearing make-up on the air to appear healthy.
Speaking on his TalkT V show on Friday, which he said could soon come to an end due to his ill health, told viewers that things were getting ‘very very difficult’ (with co-host Ash Gould)
He said: ‘I’m at the end of my cancer journey. There is no treatment I can have anymore.’
He added: ‘I can’t tell you how grateful I am to Talk to actually let me on the air and sit next to Ash, which is a real pain in the butt, but I’ve been doing it for 25 years!’
James said his recent ill health had taken its toll on him due to a severe bout of flu which led to an intensive care stay.
Despite his health, James managed to joke: ‘It might actually be helping me, you never know, so I don’t let that cloud my judgment – but on the medication I am on, I’m all over the place.
‘I’m hoping to go on for another few weeks, few months but as soon as I can’t do the show anymore, I won’t.’
Celebrity Big Brother star James spent Christmas in intensive care after being rushed to hospital amid his terminal cancer battle.
He was hospitalised with the flu and was later discharged from the ICU to recover at home.
His relieved wife, Nadine, 59, told fans at the time: ‘After a worrying week I am happy to report that @THEJamesWhale is out of ICU and back at home, having batted off the Grim Reaper yet again.
‘This time he tried with a bout of Influenza A, but without success. Our hero is home for NYE.’
In 2000, James was diagnosed with kidney cancer and was told he had only three months to live. He underwent treatment and had surgery to remove one of his kidneys.
Last month the TV star admitted he would be ‘exceptionally lucky to make it to Christmas ‘ as he celebrated his 74th birthday with friends and family
Explaining that whilst he is ‘feeling ok,’ he admitted that it ‘would be easier to have a heart attack’ in a candid confession
In 2000, James was diagnosed with kidney cancer and was told he had only three months to live. He underwent treatment and had surgery to remove one of his kidneys (pictured in 2016)
Sadly, in 2020, he revealed that the cancer had returned and had spread to his spine, brain and lungs (pictured in 2023)
Then, in 2020, he revealed that the cancer had returned and had spread to his spine, brain and lungs.
James explained that he had chosen ‘quality of life’ over quantity after ending his treatment to focus on ‘making memories’.
He told The Sun a few years ago: ‘This could be my last Christmas. Basically, I have to choose between the quality and quantity of life, and I’ve chosen quality so that I can have a good time and make great memories with my lovely wife, Nadine.
‘I’ve had a good life, I can’t complain. But I’m just gonna make the next months as entertaining and interesting as I can, which is all any of us can do.’
Elsewhere in the interview, James heartbreakingly spoke about the struggles of his terminal cancer, admitting he doesn’t want to ‘go on forever’ feeling as unwell as he does now.
The TV personality also reflected on his married life with Nadine, saying he told her they should ‘cool off’ their romance when he was first diagnosed with cancer when they first started dating.
He said: ‘It was so unfair on her, so I said, ‘I think we should cool it and not see each other’, and she replied, ‘Oh that’s nice, so if I’d just been diagnosed with a terminal illness, you wouldn’t come and see me any more’, so we carried on.’
