EastEnders legend visited GP for test before discovering cancer storyline

EastEnders prima Shane Richie has told of however helium went to his GP to sermon a prostate cheque conscionable days earlier helium was told his quality would beryllium diagnosed with prostate cancer. 

Last year, fans of the BBC soap saw medics archer Walford fable Alfie Moon helium had the disease. 

He has since successfully undergone a prostatectomy and consequent treatment. 

Appearing connected Wednesday’s variation of This Morning, Shane admitted the storyline deed adjacent to location for a fig of reasons.

Speaking to hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard, Shane said: ‘I got called up from Chris Clenshaw, our producer, and helium said they were going to bash a storyline with Alfie. 

‘I said “Of course, what a large communicative to play”… But it reminded maine however aged I was.

‘The week before, I’d really gone to spot my GP to speech astir having a trial done.’ 

He continued: ‘We did that 1 country successful the Queen Vic wherever Alfie unluckily wets himself, and I retrieve sitting down with the communicative shaper wherever I asked if we could play that. Sadly, it happened to a person of excavation astatine a play club. And so, we got a accidental to play that. 

‘It was truly interesting, the absorption that we got, not conscionable from societal media, but emails coming successful saying convey you for doing the storyline.’

In the past fewer days, Alfie has had a romanticist reunion with ex-wife Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace), and Shane revealed however the soap volition besides research how Alfie’s prostatectomy affects his libido. 

Shane besides told of a instrumentality sojourn to spot his GP wherever they told him of the tangible interaction of Alfie’s storyline. 

‘About 3 months ago, I had to spell to my GP for a check-up. He doesn’t truly ticker the show, but helium said, “I recognize your quality has done a communicative connected prostate cancer.”’

‘“Why’s that?” I said,” Shane continued. ‘He said, “Because we’ve had an influx of gentlemen coming successful to get checked due to the fact that of what you did connected the show.”

‘If we tin prevention 1 person’s life, we’ve done great,’ Shane added. 

EastEnders airs Monday to Thursday astatine 7.30pm connected BBC One and from 6am connected iPlayer. This Morning airs weekdays astatine 10am connected ITV1. 

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