Rhod Gilbert shares heartbreaking news after cancer diagnosis two years ago

Rhod Gilbert has shared devastating quality astir the deaths of 2 radical successful his – conscionable months aft getting the all-clear pursuing his ain crab battle.

The comedian, 55, announced successful 2022 that helium was being treated for signifier 4 cancer after discovering a lump portion connected a trek raising wealth for crab patients. He’s since shared that he’s crab free, but it seems that hasn’t kept him from facing tragedy.

He precocious revealed that helium heartbreakingly recovered retired during the interval of 1 of his stand-up gigs that his person had passed distant from terminal cancer. 

He besides said that past week helium attended the ceremonial for the dada of different adjacent person successful his life, who had besides died from cancer. 

He told Reach PLC: ‘This week I’ve been to a ceremonial for my friend’s dad, who died of cancer,’ helium said. ‘In the interval portion connected signifier successful Halifax, I [also] recovered retired that a person of excavation had died of cancer. 

‘I knew helium had gone into extremity of beingness care, truthful it wasn’t a immense surprise, but it conscionable happened successful that infinitesimal wherever I conscionable truthful happened to person travel disconnected signifier during the interval, looked astatine my phone and work a substance saying, “He’s gone”.’ 

He went connected to bespeak connected the value of speaking astir however his beingness has been impacted by cancer, because: ‘It’s conscionable everywhere, which is wherefore I deliberation it’s important to speech astir it and get it retired determination and effort and find humour successful it and effort and normalise it, and that’s what I’ve been doing connected stage. I conscionable focused connected what bully I could bash successful that infinitesimal I suppose.’

He continued to bespeak connected his ain crab journey, saying however scary it is to perceive the words ‘You person cancer’ and that helium feels fortunate to beryllium here.

He besides said that laughter helped him done his crab battle, and helium hopes to dispersed laughter to assistance others bash the same.

After undergoing chemotherapy, radiotherapy and country helium went backmost connected the roadworthy earlier this year, touring his show Rhod Gilbert & The Giant Grapefruit.

Appearing on The One Show earlier this twelvemonth he shared a promising wellness update.

When asked by big Alex Jones however helium was feeling, Rhod confirmed helium was ‘still each clear’ before joking that helium ‘should person checked that earlier I came connected the show’.

‘I’m inactive successful the attraction of the fantastic Velindre Cancer Centre successful Cardiff and having checks each fewer weeks,’ helium explained.

After sharing however helium ‘felt wonderful’, Rhod said helium inactive had ‘lots of issues’ that mightiness enactment with him for life.

‘But who knows? I’m here. I’m good,’ helium added.

He past went connected to say: ‘Every nighttime I’m connected signifier pinching myself that I’m connected signifier and performing 2 years aft being diagnosed.’

Speaking much astir his show, Rhod said it was ‘happy and uplifting’ contempt the information it discussed cancer.

‘We bash crab bingo immoderate nights and it tin get rather dark, but radical bask sharing, raising consciousness and laughing, which is taking immoderate powerfulness backmost from the disease,’ helium said.

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