Chris Hughes has thanked ‘This Morning’ for allowing him to do a live TV testicular examination, which led to his brother being diagnosed with cancer.
The former ‘Love Island’ star’s sibling Ben was told yesterday (08.01.19) he has the disease, just two months after Chris appeared on the show to be checked over, and the reality TV hunk is now hoping doctors have caught the issue early.
Speaking on ‘This Morning’ via a video link today (09.01.19), he said: "I just want to thank ‘This Morning’ for allowing me to come on the show to do the live testicular examination the other month.
"It’s very important for me and we had a bit of sad news yesterday that my brother has been diagnosed with testicular cancer.
"He popped into my room the day after he did the live examination saying he’d checked himself and he found a lump.
"I told him to get it checked out, which he did. He got the results yesterday afternoon and it is testicular cancer.
"So it’s very unfortunate, but hopefully he’s found it at an early stage, which is obviously vital, and we wait the prognosis results and hopefully it hasn’t spread, which is the most important thing."
Following Ben’s diagnosis, Chris has urged other guys to check for any unusual testicular lumps, because doing so could save lives.
He added: "I want to urge anybody to get themselves checked out. Make sure you do it, don’t neglect it, because it is so easy to neglect.
"Men all across the world do that and it’s easy to ignore. But make sure you get yourselves checked out because it can be life-saving and if you catch it at an early stage there shouldn’t be any issues.
"Fingers crossed for my brother, hopefully he recovers well. But thank you for allowing me to pop onto the show, and take care everybody."
Chris revealed the news yesterday when he shared a picture of himself and Ben as children on Instagram.
He wrote: "A sad day. My brother was diagnosed with testicular cancer this lunchtime, in which we pray for a kind prognosis. He came into my room at 3am the morning after my testicular examination on tv, clearly struggling to sleep, telling me he’d found a lump and asked me if he’s checking it right. To which I told him, ‘Ben, it’s 3am, I’ll look in the morning, but if there’s a lump, go and check it checked tomorrow with the doctor’. Today he sent me a message telling me the news, and thanking me for making him aware, else he’d never have known he had cancer.. That literally broke my heart. Testicular cancer is a silent killer, men need realise this and check themselves regularly. It takes 10 seconds. Please do it. (sic)"
Chris Hughes’ This Morning thanks
