Jonnie Irwin didn’t tell sons of terminal cancer to keep ‘innocence’

Jonnie Irwin, 48, has been told he has just six months to live following his terminal cancer diagnosis. The A Place In The Sun presenter now wants to spend time with his children, the eldest of whom is not aware of his diagnosis as Jonnie wanted to preserve his ‘innocence’.Jonnie and his wife, Jessica, share three children together – Rex, three, and two-year-old twins Rafa and Cormac.The couple decided together to keep Jonnie’s cancer private, while also keeping their kids’ ‘innocence’ for as long as possible.Jonnie explained how his eldest, who he is currently teaching how to ride his bike, pokes fun at his ‘spiky head’, unaware of the reason behind it.Speaking about Rex not knowing about his cancer, the TV star told Hello! magazine: ‘He doesn’t need to know yet.”READ MORE: A Place in The Sun’s Jonnie Irwin, 48, diagnosed with terminal cancer A Place In The Sun’s Jonnie Irwin didn’t tell sons of terminal cancer to keep ‘innocence’ (Image: Instagram) Jonnie Irwin explained the reason why he has not told his young children about his terminal cancer (Image: Instagram) Jonnie Irwin has been told he has just six months to live following his terminal cancer diagnosis (Image: Instagram) Jonnie Irwin and his wife Jessica share three children together (Image: Instagram)Jonnie revealed the first warnings of his illness came while he was filming A Place in the Sun in August 2020.”Within a week of flying back from filming, I was being given six months to live,” he told the same publication.”I had to go home and tell my wife, who was looking after our babies, that she was on her own pretty much. That was devastating.”All I could do was apologise to her. I felt so responsible.”DON’T MISS…Piers Morgan brands David Walliams ‘one of TV’s nastiest frauds’ [INSIGHT]A Place In The Sun Jasmine Harman announnces The Chase debut [UPDATE]Hamza Yassin speaks out about ‘uncomfortable’ Strictly setback [INTERVIEW]Fans of the presenter took to social media to express their devastation over his health update.Twitter user @AlexaJayne wrote: “So sad such a lovely guy, losing too many to cancer, which seems to be getting worse it’s devastating for families to go through.”@DalekDi simply penned: “So sad” along with a crying emoji.@lindaleitchman commented: “Such sad news about Jonnie Irwin. I love this programme and he was a favourite of mine always smiling and friendly. A lovely man with everything to live for, it’s just heartbreaking.”