TV and radio host James Whale gives heartbreaking update on his kidney cancer

Broadcasting veteran James Whale, 74, was diagnosed with stage four kidney cancer in 2020, and last month revealed that he had finished treatment as nothing more could be done, saying he would be “lucky to make it to Christmas”.

Last night, on TalkTV’s James Whale Unleashed, he was speaking to a guest who had lost her husband to cancer.

James told her: "Until very recently, everything was quite normal for me, everything was fine, and then you do get to a stage like I am now, where things get to be very very difficult."

He then said to the camera: "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.”

The clip was shared on X, and one person responded: “I’m also stage 4 kidney cancer but you are a real inspiration. I seriously can’t believe how much better you look compared to 2 weeks ago!”