Despite his terminal disease, Jonnie Irwin returned to A Place In The Sun over the weekend.
On Sunday, the 49-year-old TV star, who announced in November 2022 that he is facing terminal illness, conducted a live show for the BBC series in Manchester.
Jonnie posted a photo on Instagram over the weekend of his attire, which included a fuzzy hat, scarf, socks, and a thick coat.
He wrote: ‘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. 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’
Supporters were quick to respond with encouraging remarks, with one encouraging him to stay warm.
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‘Jonnie I watched you today on a place in the sun then escape to the country you are a fabulous presenter I hope your feeling well it is cold here in Manchester get your woolies on,’ they replied.
Another fan added: ‘Best of luck today Johnnie! Delighted to hear you’re teaming up with your old pal Jasmine for a day of doing what you two do so well, inform educate and entertain.’
A third person wrote: ‘Enjoy being back with the team. Have fun doing your job again’.
Jonnie stated last month that he has began hyperbaric oxygen therapy as part of his treatment for terminal lung cancer.
Jonnie commented on Instagram, with photographs of a bridge in Newcastle and a zip-up portable chamber, ‘And at the end of this walk…is this…hyperbaric oxygen therapy. (sic)’
Patients can breathe pure oxygen in a hyperbaric chamber. Patients’ lungs are able to take up more oxygen because to the excessive air pressure.
In August 2020, Jonnie was diagnosed with lung cancer and told he was terminally sick while filming an episode of A Place in the Sun in Italy.
‘Within a week after flying back from filming, I was given six months to live,’ he had stated.
‘I had to go home and tell my wife, who was looking after our babies, that she was on her own pretty much. That was devastating. All I could do was apologise to her. I felt so responsible.’