Bill Turnbull has revealed that he ‘howls like a child’ on bad days over his cancer battle.
The former BBC Breakfast presenter discovered he has incurable prostate cancer in 2017, by which time the disease had spread to his spine, ribs, pelvis, hips and legs.
The 64-year-old tries to have ‘moments of joy’ every day despite the devastating diagnosis, but admitted the emotional toll can be crippling at times.
‘Most of the time I’m fine, but every once in a while you have a dip,’ he told the Daily Mail.
‘You have a really bad day and howl like a… I was going to say like a child, but it’s even worse than that.’
Bill, who’s been filling in for Piers Morgan on Good Morgan Britain recently, added that he ‘hates’ being on his own now because he goes into a ‘dark place’.
He said: ‘If Sesi [his wife Sarah] is there with me, it’s fine because I can lean on her. She helps me. I hate being on my own now. It gives you too much time to think and you can talk yourself into a dark place.’
The Classic FM presenter also talked about breaking the news that he has cancer to Sarah and their children Henry, 32, Will, 31, and Flora, 28.
Bill teared up as he said how ‘horrible’ it was to ‘upset’ and ‘inflict pain’ on them.
The presenter, who previously hosted BBC Breakfast from 2001 to 2016, revealed his prostate cancer diagnosis in March 2018.
He was initially told he could expect to live for 10 years.
Bill has since had nine rounds of chemotherapy and is keeping the cancer under control with hormone therapy and radium injections to target the tumours in his bones.
He told viewers and his GMB co-host Susanna Reid last week he was ‘feeling pretty good. Still getting treatment for the moment but things are going okay.’
He’s been candid about his battle with cancer, and took viewers through his journey in his documentary Bill Turnbull: Staying Alive last October.
The Channel Four doc showed him trying several cannabis derivatives to help ease his pain.
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