Rhod Gilbert says cancer diagnosis ‘p****d him off’ Comedian Rhod Gilbert has admitted that having cancer was a "positive thing," but shares that he "doesn't want it back." The Welsh comedian was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in his head and neck in June 2022 . Speaking to The Times , the 55-year-old detailed his experience of battling the illness and how he lost two-and-a-half stone in a year during his treatment.
After his diagnosis, Rhod underwent radiotherapy, chemotherapy and initial surgery, which he has documented in a Channel 4 show, A Pain in the Neck. He said to the Times: "But in the end I thought I’d say, ‘I’m not sorry that I got cancer.’ I feel guilty saying this because of what my wife has been though — we just lost her dad to cancer as well, so it’s been a living hell for her.
But for me it is a positive thing. That doesn’t mean I want it back. But I am just gorging on life.
" Speaking on his documentary, he added: " I was just going to put it on YouTube at first, to raise awareness. My oncologist was talking about HPV [human papillomavirus, which is how Gilbert caught the cancer] and I had never heard of it. READ MORE: BBC Breakfast chaos as star admits 'it's time to leave' after broadcast ruined [LATEST] Rhod was diagnosed with cancer in June 2022 (Image: Getty) "She was talking about head and neck cancer — I’d never heard of that.
She was talking about vaccines for HPV — I’d never heard of that either. I thought, there’s a .
