Saturday Kitchen star James Martin said that he is ‘taking a vacation’ after receiving an update on his cancer condition.
The TV chef, 51, disclosed in July this year that he had been diagnosed with face cancer, amid an apology for charges of bullying and coercive conduct while filming an ITV show.
Following the diagnosis, he had surgery in 2018, but it reappeared on “several occasions,” for which he receives “regular treatments.”
Martin has now provided an update before taking a break from work.
Speaking at his tour show at the Philharmonic Hall on Monday, he said, according to The Mirror: ‘For me personally, I’ve been through a lot of s**t with cancer but I’m getting sorted at the end of next month.
‘I will be back fighting at the end of February but I’m going on a little bit of a break to get that sorted.
‘I just wanted to say thank you for all your support and all your messages.’
Martin revealed his diagnosis earlier this year, saying: ‘I was then diagnosed with cancer on my face and I had to have surgery, which I couldn’t do until two days before Christmas when we had finished filming.
‘Since then it has returned on several occasions and I have to have regular treatments.’
His remarks come after he apologised for an event that occurred in 2018.
In July, reports surfaced accusing the This Morning guest of engaging in harassing and coercive conduct while filming an ITV show.
According to reports, a complaint was filed to the broadcaster in May of this year by close colleagues, and as a result, Martin was confronted and told to improve his behaviour.
According to Deadline, it was claimed that in 2018, while filming James Martin’s Saturday Morning, the presenter ‘launched a foul-mouthed tirade against staff’ when a drain in his home became blocked.
Shortly after the reports emerged, Martin issued a statement saying he was ‘shocked by what had happened and on reflection acknowledges he responded emotionally, which he wholly regrets.’
He later apologised, telling The Sun: ‘Firstly, I would like to publicly and sincerely apologise to the crew involved in this incident, as I did at the time.
‘I have always strived to keep my private life private. However since details of a conversation, which was secretly recorded in January 2018, are now five years later being made public by a former member of our production team, I have decided to make a statement.’
Martin stated that the year before the incident occurred was ‘one of the most fraught and difficult periods of my life’, after the death of his last living grandparent, his home being burgled and the cancer diagnosis.’
‘After all this stress I was in a very emotional state, and when after filming in early January 2018 I discovered my home had been flooded while filming, I was extremely upset.
‘I can only say I am human and following a build-up of personal life pressure, I admit that I overreacted regarding the damage to my home.’
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