Love Island’s Chris Hughes has revealed that his brother has been diagnosed with testicular cancer, shortly after the star was checked for the disease on live TV.
Hughes was praised for raising awareness after he had his testicles examined on ITV’s This Morning in December.
In an emotional Instagram post, the reality star said that his brother Ben checked for lumps the day after his TV appearance.
Hughes shared two pictures of the pair as children and wrote: “A sad day. My brother was diagnosed with testicular cancer this lunchtime, in which we pray for a kind prognosis.”
“He came into my room at 3am the morning after my testicular examination on TV, clearly struggling to sleep, telling me he’d found a lump and asked me if he’s checking it right.
“To which I told him, ‘Ben, it’s 3am, I’ll look in the morning, but if there’s a lump, go and check it checked tomorrow with the doctor.’”
“Today he sent me a message telling me the news, and thanking me for making him aware, else he’d never have known he had cancer. That literally broke my heart.”
The Love Island contestant concluded his post by urging other men to check themselves for signs of the disease. “Testicular cancer is a silent killer, men need [to] realise this and check themselves regularly. It takes 10 seconds. Please do it,” he wrote.
The 26-year-old decided to take part in This Morning’s live examination after having his own cancer scare six years ago.
Testicular cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in young men.
