A Place In The Sun’s Jonnie Irwin shares adorable throwback snaps from music festival with his son
Jonnie Irwin has shared adorable snaps from a music festival he attended last year with his son as he hopes to return in the summer.
The 50-year-old host of A Place In The Sun was given just six months to live when he was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer in August 2020, and shared his prognosis publicly in December. The cancer has spread to his brain.
Posting to Instagram on Sunday, he shared a collection of heartwarming snaps of himself and his three-year-old son Rex at the Lindisfarne Festival.
A photo taken last year shows the couple in a caravan, with Jonnie looking into the camera next to a sleeping Rex.
Jonnie, who recently celebrated his fiftieth birthday despite admitting he was “weak and fragile but still here.”
Quality time: Cancer-stricken Jonnie Irwin shared snaps from a music festival he attended with his son last year on Instagram on Sunday and said he wants to return this year
In another sweet snap, a grinning Rex grins from ear to ear as he licks an ice cream sundae.
Clearly enjoying the festival produce, she poses next to a cotton candy in another.
Captioning the post, he wrote: “Went last year, can’t wait for another motorhome experience with our lad!”
Primal Scream and Pendulim are headlining the Northumberland festival from August 31 to September 3.
Sharing a promo video to his Instagram Stories, Jonnie added: “I went to this last year and had a great time.” Praying for good weather: Rex is probably just praying for more sugar! #lindisfarnefestival.’
Fans encouraged Jonnie to stay positive with a saying, “You’re making sweet memories.”
Another added: “Keep everything crossed for you.”
And someone else said, ‘Another wonderful boy and dad moment.’
Sweet: Posting to Instagram on Sunday, Jonnie shared a collection of heartwarming snaps of himself and his three-year-old son Rex at the Lindisfarne Festival
Special Moments: It looked like his little boy was having a blast as he climbed into a cotton candy that was almost as big as he was.
Optimistic: At the bottom of the post, he wrote: “Went last year, can’t wait for another motorhome experience with our lad!”
It comes after Jonnie shared a heartbreaking update on his health last week.
During an interview with SunJonnie said outright: ‘I’m weak now, frail and my memory is terrible… but I’m still here.’
Jonnie, who celebrated his 50th birthday earlier this week, later explained: ‘I tried to play football with Rex the other day and he was in goal and couldn’t get close to the ball. It was so frustrating.
“I am very athletic and suddenly it is like… it was as if it was the first time I tried soccer. I felt like a grandfather. And that broke me a bit.
During the interview, Jess recalled the moment Jonnie came home and told her of his terminal diagnosis: “He couldn’t stop apologizing.” He kept saying ‘I’m sorry’ over and over and I kept telling him it wasn’t her fault.
She added: “I think I’m still in denial about a lot of it if I’m being honest.”
The father of three was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2020 and given months to live.
The TV presenter initially decided to keep his illness private, but then it went public a year later.
Jonnie recently opened up about his condition, saying he’s trying to make as many memories as possible with his wife Jessica and their three children.
It comes after Jonnie said he plans to record video messages so he can talk to his loving wife and three children after her death.
He hosted a segment on digital legacy on Morning Live earlier this month and left hosts Rav Wilding and Kimberley Walsh with “goosebumps.”
The Escape To The Country host said he is “taking advantage of every opportunity” to give his wife Jessica and their three children a bright future when he is no longer here.
After watching a segment about how a woman battling stage 4 bowel cancer records a short video each day for loved ones to watch when she’s gone, Jonnie said he plans to do the same.
‘It’s amazing to think that I would also be able to talk to my wife and children after I pass away. My diagnosis has taken a lot from me, but it has given me the ability to prepare.’
Last month, Jonnie gave fans a health update, revealing that he had started hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
A hyperbaric chamber is a highly pressurized room or tube where pure oxygen is given to the patient to breathe.
Family: Jonnie lives with his wife Jessica, 40, and their three children: son Rex, three, and twins Rafa and Cormac, two, in Hertfordshire.
Horrible: He was given just six months to live when he was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer, which has spread to his brain, in August 2020 (pictured with co-host Jasmine Harman)
At this higher air pressure, the lungs can absorb more oxygen than under normal conditions.
Jonnie shared a snapshot from the zip-top camera he was using after walking to the treatment center via the high-level bridge in Newcastle.
Writing: ‘And at the end of this walk… is this… hyperbaric oxygen therapy.’
It is believed that flooding the body with concentrated oxygen can help make cancer cells easier to kill with treatments such as chemotherapy and radiation, while also activating the healing process in your body.
However, other studies have seen mixed and inconclusive results in the past and some believe it to be ineffective.