Jonnie Irwin has revealed a behind-the-scenes video of himself filming his new project, just days after revealing he was getting palliative care as part of his cancer treatment.
The 49-year-old former A Place In The Sun broadcaster said in November 2022 that he may only have’months to live’ after being diagnosed with terminal cancer that had migrated from his lungs to his brain.
Dad-of-three Jonnie has subsequently provided updates on his health, most notably on Morning Live, when he discussed getting care at a hospice.
The Escape to the Country star has also been updating his Instagram followers on his personal life in recent weeks, from a trip to the Ashes to a rare public appearance at an award event.
He’s now getting a behind-the-scenes look at life at work, as he films what looks to be a TV commercial.
He was seen in a kitchen with two co-stars and a camera production team, with the clip captioned: ‘Behind the scenes with @jonnieirwintv.’
The video had been re-shared by Jonnie after Mayfair Worktops shared it on Instagram.
Jonnie leaned back against the worktops, wearing a sweater-vest over his shirt and a hat, listening to the production team behind the cameras as filming began.
Jonnie joined Helen Skelton and Gethin Jones on Morning Live earlier this week via video chat to discuss what palliative care includes.
He said: ‘Palliative care is the care you’re given when the doctors think you won’t recover. I’ve been in palliative care from day one.’
‘My perception of a hospice was very much a boiling hot room full of people that look frail and towards the end of their days,’ Jonnie went on.
‘This is nothing of the sort. It’s spacious, energised, comfortable. It’s even got a jacuzzi bath, en suite rooms. The staff are just amazing. I’ve had a really good experience of my hospice.’
When asked what advice he would give to people in a similar situation to his own, Jonnie encouraged others to ‘embrace it’, before recalling his first experience of being a day patient in a hospice for a blood transfusion.
‘I implore people to check out the hospice – if you’ve got the choice of using it, then use it,’ he said.
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