ITV This Morning star 'might not make Christmas' as he shares terminal illness

Celebrity hairdresser Trevor Sorbie shared the devastating news on the ITV show, revealing he had still been working two days a week up until recently

A beloved member of the This Morning family Trevor Sorbie has shared the heartbreaking news that he's been diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer. The 75 year old legendary hairdresser made the announcement on the ITV show.

He told presenters Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard that he "might not make Christmas ". Joined by his wife Carole in the studio, he explained: "I lost a lot of blood one night and I was unusually disturbed about that. I went to the hospital and they told me I had bowel cancer."

He continued: "I had a little panic attack and Carole and I looked at each other and we were just both speechless walking down the road... I didn't know what to say. I went and had a big gin and tonic and that helped!

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"But then it spread to my liver, I had a six hour operation, but it came back to my liver, had another operation, and now the major [growth] they won't cut it out because it's too close to a major blood vessel."

He continued: "But the thing is with me, I never wake up thinking, 'Oh poor me, I've got cancer' or feel sorry for myself, I know I've got it here [points to stomach] but I haven't got it here [points to head] and I've been going to work two days a week, up until two weeks ago.

"I go there because that's my medicine, that is my life. Sixty years I've worked passionately to achieve beyond my wildest dreams and when I go in, it's my staff. I've had them for up to 30 years, they are like family, I'm just one of the team. I had a nurse access me and I said, 'Will I make Christmas? ' and she said, 'I don't know Trevor' and I said 'I damn well will!'"

Carole, his wife, praised her husband, who opened his first salon in 1977 and has a range of top-selling hair products, for his strength: "It's totally overwhelming most days, but I get my strength through this man - he's guiding me through a good death - living a good life and dying a good death - and up until then I hadn't through about that, but what we do every day now is show thanks for every day that we have and wake up together and it's all the simple things."

She added: "I did struggle and was crying a lot but Trevor and my son encourage me to go to counselling and I've actually started bereavement counselling which I didn't know you could do before and they are going to guide me through and hold my hand and up until two years, or however long it takes after the event, so I do feel very supported and feel lucky I have that support... but more so from Trevor than anyone because he's incredible."