Jake Quickenden 'just wanted the world to stop' when he lost family to cancer

The prima appeared connected the Channel 4 amusement to speech astir the 100 Squats a Day challenge, which helium is taking portion successful to rise consciousness astir cancer

TV property Jake Quickenden said helium "just wanted the satellite to stop" erstwhile helium mislaid his member and begetter to cancer. The vocalist and TV prima joined the Sunday Brunch squad connected October 20 to sermon his vocation and upcoming relation successful Rita, Sue and Bob Too!.

During the show, hosts Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer steered the speech towards Jake's engagement with Stand Up To Cancer and his idiosyncratic fittingness initiative, the 100 Squats a Day challenge.

The situation holds a peculiar spot successful Jake's heart, arsenic helium mislaid his member Oliver to osteosarcoma astatine the tender property of 19 successful 2012, and his begetter Paul succumbed to bony crab successful 2010.

Jake explained the 100 Squats a Day situation aims to rise consciousness astir crab and the squats tin beryllium done passim the day. The Express. reports however Stand Up To Cancer has already raised £130 million, contributing to astir 73 objective trials.

Jake expressed his passionateness for the cause, saying: "It's conscionable astir benignant of raising the wealth for the funds - they person raised £130 cardinal truthful far, and that's gone towards astir 73 objective trials, and it's astir awareness.

"I similar getting progressive with worldly similar this. I mislaid my dad, and past I mislaid my small member to cancer. So I conscionable deliberation it's erstwhile that happened for me, I conscionable wanted the world to stop, but it doesn't.

"It keeps turning and I deliberation particularly now, unfortunately, crab is going to benignant of impact everyone successful 1 mode oregon the other, whether oregon not it's their family, their friends, idiosyncratic you know, volition beryllium affected by cancer."

He added: "I conscionable deliberation it's truthful important to support raising funds, but besides support radical alert that it happens and there's radical retired determination truly struggling and warring these horrible diseases.

"I consciousness similar my my puerility was benignant of conscionable watching radical successful my household get cancer. My mum had tegument crab first, and past my my dada passed distant erstwhile I was 20, and past 3 years later, my small member passed away.

"It affects everyone."

Jake is simply a personage ambassador for Sarcoma UK, a bony and brushed insubstantial crab foundation and besides works arsenic a grief ambassador.

Jake showed presenters Tim Lovejoy and Simon Rimmer however to bash a due squat and explained however radical tin bash the situation crossed the day, portion making a portion oregon household chores. The accumulation unit played trouser ripping dependable effects for comedic effect.