![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/nick-owen-75-reveals-tv-am-co-star-anne-diamond-is-supporting-him-as-they-both-battle-cancer/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/crop-23396557.jpg&description=TV LEGEND Nick Owen has revealed he is being supported by his former co-star Anne Diamond as he fights cancer. The presenter and newsreaders announced the sad news that he has been secretly battling prostate cancer, just weeks after his friend and former co-star revealed she is being treated for breast cancer. 4 Nick Owen said his former co-star Anne Diamond is supporting him through his cancer battle Credit: Rex 4 The TV legend revealed he has been secretly battling prostate cancer Credit: Splash Anne, 68, and Nick, 75, worked together on TV-am before getting their own This Morning-style show on BBC1 from 1992 to 1996. Speaking on BBC Breakfast this morning, Nick said: "We have been cajoling each other. "It is fantastic [to have one another at this time] but it's just so ironic that she and I, who are forever associated as a partnership professionally, both have the quintessentially male and female cancer." He recounted the "grim' diagnosis" that he received, calling it the "worst day of his life". "I went to a specialist, he wasn't too worried because my figures weren't that high," he explained. "But he decided I ought to have a scan and then the scan said there was something dodgy going on, and then he sent me for a biopsy which he did." Nick told of how the news of the prostate cancer has impacted him personally as he revealed: "And the results of that were the killer, on April the 13th, a date which will forever be imprinted on my mind. "He told us that it was extensive really and aggressive, and I had prostate cancer full-on, and something needed to be done pretty fast. "And that was probably the worst day of my life, or certainly one of them." Nick made the decision to have a radical prostatectomy, which involves removing the whole prostate gland. He plans to return to hosting Midlands Today in autumn 2023, but admits it has been a "bumpy ride" to recovery. Meanwhile ex-Celebrity Big Brother star Anne, 68, told how she received the diagnosis on the same day s){kind=link}
TV LEGEND Nick Owen has revealed he is being supported by his former co-star Anne Diamond as he fights cancer.
The presenter and newsreaders announced the sad news that he has been secretly battling prostate cancer, just weeks after his friend and former co-star revealed she is being treated for breast cancer.
Anne, 68, and Nick, 75, worked together on TV-am before getting their own This Morning-style show on BBC1 from 1992 to 1996.
Speaking on BBC Breakfast this morning, Nick said: “We have been cajoling each other.
“It is fantastic [to have one another at this time] but it’s just so ironic that she and I, who are forever associated as a partnership professionally, both have the quintessentially male and female cancer.”