The former presenter of A Place In The Sun Jonnie Irwin says he is "taking every day as a gift" after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer in 2020. Jonnie, 49, received the diagnosis in 2020 as doctors told him the cancer had spread to his brain.
Jonnie now says he is trying to live life to the fullest with his three young sons and wife. Speaking to the Mirror at the TRIC Awards on Tuesday in London, he said: "Today is a good day. Yesterday I peeled myself out of bed and munched painkillers but so far so good today."
Jonnie previously spoke about how he felt "thrown on a scrap heap" by A Place In The Sun bosses after revealing his cancer diagnosis amid claims they couldn't insure him. But he said BBC's Escape To The Country - where he worked alongside Jules Hudson and Nicki Chapman - were like a "family" to him, the Mirror reports.
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He said: "With a notable exception from one production company, as soon as they found out they put their arm around me and, insurance provided, they looked for work when I could. So any location that was anywhere near me I was first candidate for and they really helped me find work.
"They were understanding especially with travel arrangements. They were so supportive I can't thank them enough."
"They are family. It's recognition for all the work that production, post production and crew all put in. I've worked on Escape for coming up to ten years, but 20 years in the industry and I've had the most fun and its the most like a family of all the shows I've done.
"I'm hopeful that we will come away with something but it's a night out in London as well isn't it!? It's all good whatever happens really."
Jonnie was diagnosed two and a half years before speaking about it last year, but said he kept it secret because he "had to pay the bills."
