First Dates star Fred Sirieix has branded his co-star Merlin Griffith’s an ‘inspiration’ amid his cancer battle. In September 2021, Merlin shared that he had been diagnosed with bowel cancer with a stage three tumour, and has since been sharing updates of his treatment.
Earlier this year, the 47-year-old revealed he had his stoma removed, saying that it felt ‘very odd knowing all my insides are actually inside me again after 9 months of a stoma’.
He later revealed he was being discharged from hospital, but noted that his recovery ‘will not be fast, but I’ll get there’.
Appearing on Lorraine on Friday, Fred, ahead of celebrating ten years of First Dates with Merlin, Cici Coleman and the rest of the team, remarked on Merlin’s ‘stoic’ attitude and his recovery.
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