Hairy Bikers star Si King shares update on Dave Myers’ cancer battle saying ‘he’s in the trenches’
HAIRY Bikers star Si King issued an update on best pal Dave Myers' cancer battle, telling fans he's "in the trenches".
The TV chef appeared at Bolton Food and Drink Festival yesterday and said: "I just wanted to say, from Dave and I, thank you so so very much for all of the goodwill and support, all the messages really do not go unnoticed.
"He's doing canny but as you appreciate he's right in the trenches of it all at the minute but he's getting there, thank God."
Dave, 64, has taken a step back from TV and festival work after revealing his diagnosis in May.
The popular Barrow-born star has been having chemotherapy and previously said his prognosis was good.
Speaking to the podcast earlier this year, Dave reassured fans he was "going to be fine".
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While Si told he had ruled out any more cookery shows until his pal was fighting fit and ready to broadcast.
The 55-year-old accepted Fortnum & Mason's Food and Drink Awards Personality of the Year award on behalf of him and Dave.
He said: "There’s no [Punch & Judy] show without Punch and there’s no Hairy Bikers without Dave.’
The win came after Dave was seen in a video for the first since undergoing chemotherapy - showing off his bald head.
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Speaking on the series, he told fans he had "embraced the baldness".
Dave even joked that his wife said he looked like "Stanley Tucci who's been sleeping behind the library for a month".
He said: "Thank you to everyone who has sent in a goodwill message to me. I do appreciate the good thoughts. I'll get there. As you can see, I've embraced the baldness."
Referring to Hunger Games actor Stanley, 61, he added: "I looked at my wife and she said, 'You look like Stanley Tucci who's been sleeping behind the library for a month.'
"As a great fan of Stanley Tucci, I've embraced that. I quite like it really. I've got the beard. Nice, fresh for the summer."
Dave opened up about his cancer diagnosis on the Bikers' podcast.
He said: "Anyway Kingy, I've got to come clean now, I haven't been too well recently and, basically, I've got to have some chemo.
"You know all this anyway, so this year is going to be a bit quiet for me, I'm not going to be filming, some of the festivals I'm not going to be able to go to, some may be OK but this year's a bit of a write-off for us."
He added: "I have had to speak up about this because I don't want to hide under a rock.
"But I would love it if people respected my privacy and just let me get on with it and give Si and our team all the support they need, that would be great. But look, the prognosis is OK, I'm going to be fine.
"I've just got to tuck in, look after myself, eat sensibly and get over this mess, flog books, and be a happy person so, within that, that's where I am.
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"I may be a baldy biker for a while so it's just a warning, I don't want to make a fuss about it, I look alright bald actually.
"Under different circumstances I would embrace it more but I feel under these circumstances it's simply something I have to live with, get on with it, and crack on."
