Radio presenter Chris Evans has revealed he’s been diagnosed with skin cancer.
The broadcaster, 57, shared the news with his listeners during his Virgin Radio show on Monday morning.
Luckily, he confirmed that the cancer had been found in the early stages.
Chris also said he was hopeful for a full recovery with skin cancer being one of the more treatable forms of the illness.
He is set to undergo treatment next month.
Talking on his breakfast show, he explained: ‘We need to discuss what’s going on with this issue. It is a melanoma.
‘There’s this phrase called a malignant melanoma – you know once you get something and you find out all about it – that is a redundant phrase because if it is a melanoma, it is malignant.’
As per The Sun, he added: ‘But it’s been caught so early, just so you know, that it should be completely treatable.’
According to the broadcaster, that is set to happen ‘on the 14th of September’.
The keen runner, who took part in the London Marathon this year, will also not be allowed to partake in his favourite form of exercise for around four weeks after the procedure.
Chris previously had a skin cancer scare back in 2019 when he found worrying marks on his body.
He explained that the hot summer that year as well as ‘high levels of UV’ had raised concerns for him.
The expert doctor he saw told him at that time that he had ‘nothing to worry about’ but that he should have annual checks ‘just because of your complexion’.
Chris has been married to wife Natasha Shishmanian since 2007, with whom he shares 14-year-old son Noah, Eli, 10, and four-year-old twins Walt and Boo .
He was previously married to former Loose Women star Carol McGiffin from 1991 until 1998, although they separated in 1993.
After that, he tied the knot with Doctor Who actress Billie Piper, who was then a chart-topping pop idol and aged 18 to his 35, after six months of dating.
The couple called it quits in 2004, but the split remained amicable.
Last year, Billie spoke highly of her time with Chris and admitted she ‘loved it’ and ‘learned so much’ from their relationship, adding that it felt like she had ‘found a real friend’ in her then-husband.
‘I guess meeting someone who had experienced [fame] for 20 years, at that level, it was very nurturing. And also very drunken, which I needed. I had a lot of fun during those years,’ the I Hate Suzie star told The Guardian.
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