{"id":68414,"date":"2023-10-21T06:07:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T06:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotcelebon.com\/?p=68414"},"modified":"2023-10-21T06:07:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T06:07:16","slug":"first-dates-merlin-griffiths-astounded-by-humbling-support-during-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotcelebon.com\/celebrities\/first-dates-merlin-griffiths-astounded-by-humbling-support-during-illness\/","title":{"rendered":"First Dates Merlin Griffiths \u2018astounded\u2019 by humbling support during illness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Merlin Griffiths says he is ‘doing well’ after Bowel cancer diagnosis<\/h3>\n

Merlin Griffiths the popular barman from Channel 4\u2019s First Dates has admitted that he was humbled by the \u201coutpouring of support\u201d from fans after he went public with his cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s humbling. It’s honestly it’s humbling. Absolutely humbling,\u201d he exclusively told Express.co.uk when asked about people\u2019s reactions to his updates on his treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was completely astounded by the outpouring of support. It really was pretty unexpected. I’m very lucky and thank you for everyone that sent the messages,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The popular star was diagnosed with bowel cancer in 2021 and was incredibly open about sharing his journey with fans and fellow sufferers on his social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe [Merlin and his girlfriend] were going to keep it very, very private and just sort of shut things down,\u201d he admits.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd then we just thought you know what might actually be able to spin some sort of good out of this, especially with the raising of awareness and I thought that was important.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe use this for something good rather than just squirrel myself away in a box and ignore the world until it\u2019s finished,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Acknowledging the positive impact that he has made by publicising his treatment he pondered: \u201cIt was nice to see that actually raising the awareness was the right thing to do and that it’s having the impact and it’s normalising this other side of things as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cActually, I still think there are some entrenched viewpoints in regards to the treatment and diagnosis of cancer, to people who see cancer as a death sentence,\u201d he opined.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people look at cancer treatments and they hark back to say the early days of chemotherapy we saw in the new in 1980s perhaps where you were hospitalised.<\/p>\n

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