Jonnie Irwin 'feels like a real dad' in sweet milestone with sons

Proud dad Jonnie Irwin shared a sweet snap of his sons at their swimming lessons, blissfully unaware of his cancer.

The A Place in the Sun presenter has not told his children about his diagnosis, which he revealed is terminal and took a turn for the worse last week.

His three boys, whom he shares with wife Jess, were taken to swimming lessons while Jonnie, 49, looked on.

He took a picture of the three; Rex, four, and two-year-old twins Rafa and Cormac, from behind as they sat on the poolside together.

The boys watched the water as Jonnie wrote he felt like a ‘proper dad’ enjoying these simple every day moments with them.

‘Swimming lessons-proper dad vibes watching my trio today,’ he captioned the picture.

Fans sent supportive messages about him being a ‘real’ dad, with one writing: ‘You most certainly are a real Dad top man.’

Another said: ‘Top top Dad Jonnie. One day in the future those boys will look back and be so proud of you. Keep going and all power to you 👊🏼.’

‘So you should, your a wonderful Dad with gorgeous boys! A heart of a lion!’ added a third.

He and Jess made the decision not to tell the young kids about Jonnie’s condition after being told his lung cancer had spread to his brain and became terminal.

Jonnie admitted it would be ‘horrible news that they’d have to get their head around’, especially when he is still well and spending time with them.

Over the summer holidays the family were off on numerous adventures, including a wildlife park, creating happy memories together.

He recently transformed the house into a Jurassic jungle-themed home complete with tents and toys, much to the boys delight.

It was Rex’s first day at school this year, which the dad-of-three shared an emotional post about saying he could ‘burst’ with pride.

Co-star Leah Charles-King told Metro.co.uk: ‘Jonnie is amazing, intelligent charismatic guy and we all love him to bits.’

She added: ‘I met Jonnie before when I first got the gig in 2021, and he was so welcoming and warm to me and he left the programme before I even started but he was just wonderful and as we all do just sending him lots of love.’

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