James Whale has confessed he has around five weeks left to live as he battles terminal cancer – and he and his wife Nadine Lamont have made a devastating decision. The Express columnist shared the news on his podcast Tales of the Whales that though doctors had originally said he had 12 weeks “maximum” left to live, seven of those weeks have now passed.
During a candid conversation with Nadine on July 19th’s edition of the podcast, James opened the show by telling fans: “Right, first of all, I’m sorry to be grumpy, okay?” as Nadine agreed: “You are being a little bit testy this morning.” James explained: “I can’t breathe, I can’t think, I can’t talk. Anyway, good morning, welcome to Tales of the Whales, our weekly podcast. I have terminal five cancer.”
Nadine jumped in to correct him: “[Stage] four.” James wondered: “Is it? Can you get five?” as his wife joked: “Well why not, let’s go up a grade.”
James went on: “I told everybody I had 12 weeks to live. Which apparently I don’t.”
Nadine offered: “Well, you were told that a few weeks ago. Like seven weeks ago. And that was the maximum, so we don’t know where we are really. But you’re getting a bit confused about things, so now you’ve been telling everyone it’s 12 days, which isn’t the case.
“I don’t think there’s any point in trying to quantify it, we’ll just run with it and see what happens, and try and make the most of what time we’ve got.”
The couple have now been forced to make a devastating decision, and are halting visits from everyone but “very close friends and family” from this week. Nadine said: “You have said now you are getting quite tired, so from next week we’re restricting visitors to just very close friends and family. That’s it.”
TalkTV star James added: “The most tiring thing, I’ve found – I still can’t hear very well, which is more frustrating than anything else – but I’ve become very slow in my speech and forgetful.”
The star has a tumour pressing down on his temporal lobe, as well as cancer in his kidney, spine and lungs – which his wife thinks is affecting his memory, as well as causing swelling and leaking in his legs.
