Jonnie Irwin returns to A Place In The Sun amid terminal lung cancer battle

2023-03-06

Popular TV presenter Jonnie Irwin made a surprise return to A Place In The Sun as he appeared at A Place In The Sun Live in Manchester on Sunday.

The TV star, 49, was initially given six months to live when first diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in 2020, but has outlived doctor’s predictions with the help of medication, radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

On Saturday (March 4) Jonnie took to Instagram to share a snap of the outfit he had picked out for his surprise appearance.

He captioned the photo: "Selecting wardrobe for @aplaceinthesunofficial LIVE Tomorrow in Manchester. It’s an early start and as I’m not fit enough to run for the train atm I’m prepping the night before.

"My wife can’t quite believe it! Cold weather calls for wool, wool, and more wool," he added.

He then teased a reunion with fellow A Place In The Sun host Jasmine Harman, writing: "It’s also are rare thing for @jasmineharman and myself to both be there on a Sunday so please coming along and we’ll hopefully see you there. @mcr_central."

Responding to Jonnie's post a number of fans shared their excitement at the reunion, with one commenting: "The bloody original dream team are there! Manchester, get ready!! xxx."

And a second added: "Getting the dream team back together, stay warm and take care x."

A third shared a sweet story about the duo, writing: "Have fun! Thanks to you and Jasmine we lived in rural Spain for 6 years and now 9 months into French life [heart eye emoji] Thanks."

It comes after Jonnie shared his regrets over not taking out critical illness life insurance before his devastating cancer diagnosis.

"It's funny when you get diagnosed with something so serious, all control gets taken away from you and so I wanted to take control back,” he told Gethin Jones and Kimberley Walsh on Morning Live last month.

Going on to explain how he wanted to protect his family for when he’s no longer here, Jonnie said: “I knew I had to look after my family, it's an amazing thing, once you have a family you have this massive responsibility.

"Being freelance, I had a couple of properties, I wanted to try and be in a position to get my family into a mortgage-free situation so I sold my buy-to-lets. To some extent, I'd done all that I could. But I wish I'd done more, certainly in terms of life insurance."

He continued: "What I didn't realise is that there's a gap and critical illness covers this gap. So when you get a terminal diagnosis, it covers you for when you're gone.

"But a terminal diagnosis can go on for years and it will affect…your illness affects your work, so if you're unable to work and you're waiting for this payout, who is going to pay the rent? So critical illness is a policy you take alongside that and that kicks in as soon as you're ill.

"I didn't take that and that put a lot of pressure on me, having to work on days when I didn't want to go to work, and that's one mistake I say to everyone – get it out."

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