Former TV-am host Nick Owen admits he struggled to tell his children of his prostate cancer diagnosis after discovering he had an’extensive’ and ‘aggressive’ strain of the illness [Video]

04:43 EDT 13 Mar 2024 , updated 06:09 EDT 13 Mar 2024

Nick Owen says he struggled to tell his children of his cancer diagnosis, but admits it was necessary for his immediate family to be ‘on the case’. 

The former TV-am host, 76, confirmed he was battling ‘extensive’ and ‘aggressive’ prostate cancer in August, and has since been successfully treated. 

And he admits his first decision was to tell his four adult children, two of them boys, so they could be aware of the potentially hereditary illness and its warning signs. 

He told the Deadly Silent Podcast: ‘I’ve been through the middle of it. And I realised that the sooner you get seen the better.

‘We had an MRI, there was a hint there was something going on. Then I had a biopsy. And that would tell us that it was really nasty and aggressive. And we need to do something quickly.