Taskmaster star Richard Herring has revealed that he has been diagnosed with cancer for a second time, describing it as 'incurable' this time. The comedian and Taskmaster champion shared the news in his Substack, detailing how he now has blood cancer rather than testicular cancer, which he was diagnosed with in 2021.
Diagnosis Details
Explaining the diagnosis, he wrote: 'I have cancer again. Not ball cancer this time, I can’t afford to lose another one of those (though I will be doing my show The Male Eunuch if it does happen).'
The 58-year-old continued: 'This time I have blood cancer. And God is determined to make sure I get the funniest cancers possible and this one is called hairy cell leukaemia. The other bad news is that it is incurable.'
However, he said the cancer is treatable and 'will not kill him', adding in parentheses: 'The treatment has a tiny chance of killing me, but so has loading the dishwasher, so don’t worry about it.'
Herring's Optimistic Outlook
He continued: 'I will of course be using the fact that I have incurable cancer for all it’s worth for the rest of my (hopefully long) life. I can get out of doing other people’s podcasts, any social event I don’t fancy and also set up a JustGiving page with me with a sad face, hugging my kids and asking for money to help them once I’m gone. Ha ha ha. It’s not even a scam. It’s all true. I just won’t mention that fact that it’s treatable.'
Taskmaster Success
Herring won the tenth series of Taskmaster in 2020 and returned two years later to compete in the Champion of Champions special, which he also won.
