Amanda Holden fights back tears as she announces Jamie Theakston has cancer live on air

Amanda Holden holds back tears announcing Jamie Theakston’s cancer diagnosis live on airHeart

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00:00You know that we share everything with you on this show, the ups and the downs, so it feels

00:05only right that we get you completely up to speed with what's going on. As you might have seen on

00:11Jamie's socials, he recently had an operation to remove a lesion from his vocal cords and we wanted

00:18to let you know that this biopsy has actually been identified as stage one laryngeal cancer.

00:26Now even though it's been identified as cancer, it is not all bad news. No, the prognosis is very

00:33positive and Jamie has an amazing team who are going to get this sorted. He's going to be okay,

00:38he's hoping to be back with us very soon and you know what Jamie's like as well. Jamie has been on

00:42this show for 20 years, right, he's done this show for a long time. This show is all about feel good,

00:48it's all about having a good time, it's making sure that you go to work or whatever you're doing

00:52in the morning, going there with a smile and he does not want that to change. No, he has told us

00:56that we've got to hold the fort and he has told us that the show must go on and absolutely

01:01that's what we are going to do. We are going to do him proud, him and Sophie and the boys,

01:06they're listening at home and I know that after this announcement all of you listening as well

01:11are going to be sending your best wishes to our king, our lovely Jamie, who is going to be better

01:18and back with us very soon.