A Place In The Sun presenter Jonnie Irwin has claimed that bosses of the show axed him after he told them he had terminal cancer.The 49-year-old has said that his contract wasn't renewed and he was "paid off" when he was diagnosed in the middle of the series - with show bosses saying they couldn't get the proper insurance.
The father-of-three has said he was completely devastated by the loss of his job. Earlier this month, Jonnie revealed that in 2020, he had been given just six months left to live after his lung cancer had spread to his brain.
He first noticed something wasn't right when he was filming A Place In The Sun in August 2020 in Italy when his vision became blurry while he was driving.
His wife urged him to go to the doctor and one week from filming in Italy, he was given the terminal diagnosis. Speaking to The Sun, Jonnie claimed that after he revealed his diagnosis to bosses, he was axed from the show.
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