Janey Godley proud to support trans community as she hits back at vile trolls amid end-of-life care

Scottish comedian Janey Godley has deed backmost astatine sick trolls arsenic she stands steadfast connected her enactment of the trans assemblage arsenic she receives extremity of beingness attraction successful a hospice

Comic Janey Godley has deed retired astatine vile trolls who person attacked her as she enters palliative attraction three years connected from her ovarian crab diagnosis.

The Scottish comedian besides deed backmost astatine Father Ted creator Graham Linehan, who had besides been captious of Janey implicit her enactment of the LGBTQ+ community. After days of receiving vile messages from transphobic critics connected societal media arsenic she receives end-of-life care, Janey besides posted connected X, formerly known arsenic Twitter, that she volition ever supports the trans community.

On Saturday, the 63-year-old wrote successful effect to a troll who had deed retired her: "It doesn’t substance however galore transphobes onslaught maine successful the past stages of my life, I won’t go them. I won’t deliberation however they deliberation - it’s a discarded of their clip banging connected astatine maine - I’m not going to beryllium 1 of them."

Janey past doubled down connected this by adding: "I’m truthful blessed I enactment trans people." This followed a fiery effect to Graham Lineham, who had posted a connection astir Janey receiving extremity of beingness care, which had besides seen galore others stock their thoughts. One posted: "Transphobes are praising Graham Linehan for this archetypal tweet astir Janey Godley, whereas a fewer months ago, erstwhile helium knew she had terminal cancer, helium was encouraging his followers to telephone her a "thick racist." And the past 2 tweets beryllium helium was revelling successful doing that for years."

The Father Ted creator had posted previously: "I recognize Janey Godley is successful palliative care. I'm evidently not a instrumentality of her stance connected The Issue but I anticipation her doctors are capable to support her comfy and, if there's the slightest chance, get her done this." Janey past deed backmost and replied: "You sent your hounds aft maine continuously passim my crab care. I volition support supporting transpeople arsenic agelong arsenic I tin -keep my sanction retired please."

Earlier this month, Janey cancelled her drama tour, called Why Is She Still Here?, aft doctors advised her to halt enactment "for the foreseeable future" aft they discovered her terminal crab had spread. Janey has been successful infirmary portion recovering from sepsis, erstwhile she shared a devastating update connected her wellness battle. She wrote connected X: "I’m present astatine extremity of beingness attraction - palliative care-and volition beryllium going into a hospice for the foreseeable - acknowledgment to everyone who sends maine emotion and support- you’ve been amazing."

The comedian continued: "So I’m present successful palliative attraction and I’m astatine end-of-life attraction present successful the hospital. The chemo ran retired of options and I conscionable couldn’t instrumentality immoderate much of it and the crab has spread. So it looks similar this volition beryllium getting to adjacent the extremity of it and it’s truly hard to talk astir this and accidental to people. It is devastating quality to cognize that I’m facing end-of-life but we each travel to an extremity sometime. I privation to convey everybody for supporting the family, particularly [her daughter] Ashley and my husband."

Janey added: "The overwhelming enactment has been amazing, and I don’t cognize however agelong I’ve got near earlier anybody asks. I’m not a TikTok. So I conscionable privation you to cognize that I admit each the emotion you’ve gave maine and each the support. Cancer affects 2 successful 1 people, and it’s affected me."

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