First Dates bartender Merlin Griffiths has given a health update amid his ongoing cancer battle.
The Channel 4 star announced that he was diagnosed with bowel cancer in September of last year. He told of how he was set to face a year of treatment with doctors telling him he has a 75% chance of living more than five years. Medics found a 4.5cm stage three tumour.
Now, six months on, the 46-year-old has said that he is due to undergo “robotic surgery” in under a month, as he continues his cancer journey. He announced the news on Twitter.