James Whale has revealed he has just weeks left to live as he faces the final stages of his terminal cancer battle.
The broadcaster, 73, is battling stage four kidney cancer that has spread to his spine, brain and lungs.
The Talk presenter gave his viewers a heartbreaking update during his latest show, which he is filming from home.
He said: ‘I’m actually in my last couple of weeks. Last time I saw my oncologist, he said I probably have only got weeks to go.
‘Over the 50 years, I have interviewed and chatted to some of the most amazing people. It may have been you. Maybe we’ll catch up for the last time.’
When a caller named Paula got in touch, he confessed how emotional he has been about his prognosis.
James Whale has revealed he has just weeks left to live as he faces the final stages of his terminal cancer battle
The broadcaster, 73, is battling stage four kidney cancer that has spread to his spine, brain and lungs
He told her: ‘I spend a lot of time crying. And it really, it’s a bit embarrassing, Paula, to be quite honest with you.
‘I’m heading into the sunset and I talk about it regularly on the show and you know it’s interesting because now everybody talks about it.
‘Not me, not mine, but their own, you know, they don’t feel that they’re doing it quite right without having a cancer to talk about.’
Following the heartbreaking news, his viewers flocked to social media to share their condolences..
One penned: ‘Thank you for your service & may you live out the rest of your days free of pain & in comfort of knowing you’ll leave behind a tremendous legacy. I take my hat off to you & salute you sir.’
‘The world without James Whale will be a sadder place.’; ‘You’ve been and are loved. Hold on to that thought.’
‘You made a difference to a lot of people, it’s more than most do. May your next journey be one of peace sir.’
Earlier this month, he told viewers that things were getting ‘very very difficult’ and he had resorted to wearing make-up on the air to appear healthy.
Earlier this month, Speaking on his TalkTV show, he said could soon come to an end due to his ill health, told viewers that things were getting ‘very very difficult’ and he had resorted to wearing make-up on the air to appear healthy
During a conversation with a guest who’d lost her husband to the disease James said: ‘Until very recently, everything was quite normal for me, everything was fine, and then you do get to a stage like I am now, with things get to be very very difficult’.
‘To anybody else who is in the final stages of cancer, you have my sympathy. I know exactly what you’re going through, I do know, I look basically okay, I get told you look alright and I look okay, it’s all make-up’.
Last month the TV star admitted he would be ‘exceptionally lucky to make it to Christmas‘ as he celebrated his 74th birthday with friends and family.
Joined by fellow radio host Lizzie Cundy and his wife Nadine, James gave a health update while enjoying some drinks in the sun.
Explaining that whilst he is ‘feeling ok,’ he admitted that it ‘would be easier to have a heart attack’ in a candid confession.
When asked by Lizzie how he was doing, he responded: ‘I’m feeling ok. As people know I’m not about to die, but well, you never know do you.
‘I have had all my treatment so I’m giving you the low down on it.’
James added: ‘If I make it to Christmas I will be exceptionally lucky. Some times I think it will be easier just to have a heart attack and go.’
He previously said he was ‘at the end’ of his cancer journey and there are ‘no treatments left’.
Making the announcement on his show, with his co-host Ash Gould by his side, James shared that he wouldn’t be on the airwaves much longer and that his show may soon come to an end.
He said: ‘I’m at the end of my cancer journey. There is no treatment I can have anymore.’
He added: ‘I can’t tell you how grateful I am to Talk to actually let me on the air and sit next to Ash, which is a real pain in the butt, but I’ve been doing it for 25 years!’
Celebrity Big Brother star James spent Christmas in intensive care after being rushed to hospital amid his terminal cancer battle.
Sadly, in 2020, he revealed that the cancer had returned and had spread to his spine, brain and lungs (pictured in 2023)
He was hospitalised with the flu and was later discharged from the ICU to recover at home.
His relieved wife, Nadine, 59, told fans at the time: ‘After a worrying week I am happy to report that @THEJamesWhale is out of ICU and back at home, having batted off the Grim Reaper yet again.
‘This time he tried with a bout of Influenza A, but without success. Our hero is home for NYE.’
In 2000, James was diagnosed with kidney cancer and was told he had only three months to live. He underwent treatment and had surgery to remove one of his kidneys.
Then, in 2020, he revealed that the cancer had returned and had spread to his spine, brain and lungs.
James explained that he had chosen ‘quality of life’ over quantity after ending his treatment to focus on ‘making memories’.
He told The Sun a few years ago: ‘This could be my last Christmas. Basically, I have to choose between the quality and quantity of life, and I’ve chosen quality so that I can have a good time and make great memories with my lovely wife, Nadine.
‘I’ve had a good life, I can’t complain. But I’m just gonna make the next months as entertaining and interesting as I can, which is all any of us can do.’
Elsewhere in the interview, James heartbreakingly spoke about the struggles of his terminal cancer, admitting he doesn’t want to ‘go on forever’ feeling as unwell as he does now.
The TV personality also reflected on his married life with Nadine, saying he told her they should ‘cool off’ their romance when he was first diagnosed with cancer when they first started dating.
He said: ‘It was so unfair on her, so I said, ‘I think we should cool it and not see each other’, and she replied, ‘Oh that’s nice, so if I’d just been diagnosed with a terminal illness, you wouldn’t come and see me any more’, so we carried on.’
