A Place In The Sun star Jonnie Irwin has shared his one regret from battling cancer. The Channel 4 star revealed the struggle as when he opened up about his continued fight with lung cancer.
Speaking with AIG Life’s The OneChat, he revealed that his only regret was not taking out critical illness insurance, to help him through the difficult times. Jonnie said: "I didn’t take critical illness insurance out and therefore I had to keep working,”
He added: “Without work, I’ve got no means of paying the bills. And if I had taken the critical illness insurance out, that could’ve covered my outgoings and I probably could’ve told the world [about his condition] a lot sooner."
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Jonnie was diagnosed with cancer having first experienced symptoms in 2020, reports Birmingham Live. “I could’ve had two years of living a more open lifestyle. And I want people to learn from that mistake.”
He added: “I think at the time I just thought I can better spend that money elsewhere. Where I don’t know. I’ve not frittered it away. Maybe because I know what benefits it would have had, it just seems ridiculous that I didn’t.”
Jonnie continued: “I thought I was doing well just taking out life insurance. It’s one positive thing and helped me a great deal in getting a financial position in life to know my wife and my boys are more secure. But how I wish I’d taken out that extra cover.” Jonnie revealed: “That’s the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do. How do you tell a woman who only two months before has had twins… how do you tell her you’re not going to be around any more?
“I can remember it like it was yesterday. And I’ve got no memory since my whole brain therapy. But that bloody memory stays in my head. And it is brutal. All I can remember is hugging her and just saying ‘sorry’.”
