James Whale reveals he has stopped using steroid medication

James Whale is nearing the end of his terminal cancer treatment.

The 71-year-old broadcaster – who is living with stage four kidney cancer – has come off all the steroids he was on, but he “feels better” for that because they made him look like a “balloon”.

He told the Daily Mirror: ‘I’m kind of at the end, the end of my treatment. When I lose a lot more weight when I get really ill, I’ll look fantastic.

‘I’ve just come off all the steroids I was on, which made me look like a bloody balloon. I’m feeling better from that.’

But James insisted it is “more difficult” for his wife Nadine Lamont-Brown to watch him battling terminal cancer.

Tough: James insisted it is “more difficult” for his wife Nadine Lamont-Brown to watch him battling terminal cancer

He said: ‘The cancer gets into your head and sometimes you can’t stand noise. At the moment, I have got cancer fatigue, which makes you very tired.

‘Some days I might feel sorry for myself. I feel sorry for my wife really. It’s more difficult for her.’

Nadine added: ‘He’s had all the possible treatments, he’s on a clinical trial but we’re probably going to be winding up on that quite soon. It’s stopped working.’

James and Nadine attended the Television and Radio Industries Club [TRIC] Awards this week, where he received the first ever TRIC Recognition Award, to honour his outstanding work and dedication devoted to the TV, radio and online industry over the years.

TRIC Chair Daniel Todaro said: ‘James Whale is an innovator within broadcast media as a pioneer of the talk radio and laterally the talk TV genre in the UK.

‘So many have carved out a career in the talk genre but James remains the king of the UK talk show.

‘TRIC is not only honoured bur delighted to recognise an individual whose career has spanned many generations.’

In February this year James spoke of how he considered euthanasia following his terminal cancer diagnosis.

Cancer: Reflecting on his terminal diagnosis, James (pictured in May 2019) said he thought it would be ‘easier’ to go to assisted dying clinic Dignitas in Switzerland

Devastating: Speaking in an interview alongside his wife Nadine, he admitted he was thinking about the affect his diagnosis would have on his loved ones

Reflecting on his terminal diagnosis, James admitted he previously thought it would be ‘easier’ to go to assisted dying clinic Dignitas in Switzerland.

Speaking in an interview alongside his wife Nadine, he admitted he was thinking about the affect his diagnosis would have on his loved ones.

‘I am terminally ill, it would have been easier all round,’ he said. ‘The reason I wanted to go to Dignitas was because I was thinking of others, not me.’

He told The Express : ‘I’m not scared of dying. I want to be buried in the churchyard at the top of the hill. It’s a great view.’

But James revealed he was ‘glad’ he didn’t make the decision to go because it has given him ‘two great years’ with his wife Nadine.

Elsewhere in the interview, James heartbreakingly spoke about the struggles of his terminal cancer, admitting he doesn’t want to ‘go on forever’ feeling as unwell as he does now.

Side by side: James and Nadine attended the Television and Radio Industries Club [TRIC] Awards this week, where he received the first ever TRIC Recognition Award

The TV personality also reflected on his relationship with Nadine, saying he told her they should ‘cool off’ their romance when he was first diagnosed with cancer when they first started dating.

He said: ‘It was so unfair on her, so I said, “I think we should cool it and not see each other’, and she replied, “Oh that’s nice, so if I’d just been diagnosed with a terminal illness, you wouldn’t come and see me any more”, so we carried on.’

They then got married at Tenterden Town Hall in Kent surrounded by their loved ones in October 2021, with Nadine saying they didn’t have the ‘luxury’ of time.

The wedding came 14 months after the radio host revealed that he is battling spine, brain and kidney cancer, and three years after his first wife Melinda died.

Melinda tragically died in May 2018 just months after she was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer.

James and Melinda were married for 48 years and had two sons James and Peter. They also have two teenage grandchildren, Oscar and Ella.

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