ITV’s Saturday Morning host James Martin has revealed his cancer diagnosis.
The TV chef, 51, said he had to have surgery for the facial cancer initially in 2018, and it then returned on “several occasions”.
The star took to Instagram to issue a statement about the difficult period he was going through, while addressing recently leaked audio of a row he had with his ITV crew at the time.
James wrote: “Firstly, I would like to publicly and sincerely apologise to the crew involved in this incident, as I did at the time.
“I have always strived to keep my private life private. However since details of a conversation, which was secretly recorded in January 2018, are now five years later being made public by a former member of our production team, I have decided to make a statement.
“The end of 2017 was one of the most fraught and difficult periods of my life. I was dealing with the death of my last living grandparent, my grandfather, and on account of work commitments I could not attend his funeral.
“Later that month I was burgled at night by a team of masked men, who entered my house while my partner Louise was at home alone and I was away working.
“I was devastated that she had to go through that alone.”
Addressing his diagnosis, James continued: “On top of this I was then diagnosed with cancer on my face and I had to have surgery, which I couldn’t do until two days before Christmas when we had finished filming.
“Since then it has returned on several occasions and I have to have regular treatments.
“After all this stress I was in a very emotional state, and when after filming in early January 2018 I discovered my home had been flooded while filming, I was extremely upset.”
James concluded: “I can only say I am human and following a build-up of personal life pressure, I admit that I overreacted regarding the damage to my home.”
It comes after leaked audio of the Yorkshireman ranting at staff for 10 minutes was unearthed from 2018.
In the clip, the chef could be heard swearing 42 times as he was left furious over a drain which was blocked at his home while filming for James Martin’s Saturday Morning.
Fans took to the comments section of James’ Instagram post to share their thoughts on his candid statement.
One person wrote: “You are only human,” alongside a love heart emoji.
Another added: “Give the woke mob the 2 finger salute and keep your chin up.”
For all the latest Entertainment News Click Here
For the latest news and updates, follow us on Google News.
