Coronation Street star Kym Marsh breaks down in tears live on TV as she opens up about family heartbreak
CORONATION Street star Kym Marsh broke down in tears live on TV as she opened up about her family heartbreak.
The actress, who plays Michelle Connor in the ITV soap, spoke about her dad David’s terminal cancer battle during today’s episode of BBC‘s Morning Live.
Kym‘s dad David’s prostate cancer diagnosis was revealed back in 2021 – and urged other men to go and get checked.
The soap star has kept fans up to date with her dad’s health on the programme ever since.
Kym and co-host Gethin Jones were joined by her dad David, 73, and her mum Pauline in the studio to raise awareness about the disease.
During the pre-recorded clip, Kym told viewers: “I wouldn’t want to see anyone else go through this. I get more emotional than my dad does, he’s so strong it’s unbelievable.
“We know we’ve got to that point where they can’t do anything else for him, and they said ‘go and make memories with your family’, and that’s very much what we’re doing.’
Unfortunately David’s cancer has now spread to his bones and he is no longer having treatment.
Earlier this month Kym gave an update about her dad on Morning Live.
Symptoms of prostrate cancer
- Needing to urinate more often, especially at night
- Needing to rush to the toilet
- Difficulty in starting to pee
- Weak flow
- Straining and taking a long time while peeing
- Feeling that your bladder hasn’t emptied fully
- Blood in urine or blood in semen
Gethin told his co-star: “I know you’ve been spending quite a lot of time with your dad recently.
“We know Dave really well on Morning Live and the reason you’ve been spending time with him is because you’ve had some bad news, haven’t you?”
Kym replied: “Yes, Morning Live has been following dad’s cancer diagnosis which was about two-and-a-half years ago I think now and his latest scan results have shown, unfortunately, that there are more cancer deposits further up his spine now.”
She added: “They are doing further scans to see if it’s gone into any more of his bones but unfortunately they can’t offer him chemotherapy.”
Kym concluded: “So they advised us to go and spend lots of time with him and make lots of memories.
“So that’s what we’ve been doing, we went out on Halloween to a lights trail and he’s just been enjoying spending time with his family.”
“He’s always smiling, isn’t he?” Gethin asked before greeting Dave, who was watching at home.
“We send him all our love, and hopefully we’ll see him very soon,” Gethin comforted Kym.