Footballer turned actor Vinnie Jones has revealed that both he and his wife Tanya are battling cancer.
48-year-old Jones told The Sun on Sunday that he first noticed a small dark mark below his eye in February and that after a medical examination, he was diagnosed with skin cancer.
He has since been told that more tumours have been found on his body, and has been receiving treatment.
He also said Tanya's skin cancer is believed to be related to drugs she has been taking since having a heart transplant 25 years ago.
"Cancer is a horrible word to hear. It frightens the life out of you," Jones said.
"I've faced the biggest and ugliest lads on the football field and been in some nasty bar brawls. But this is my toughest and scariest opponent yet."
Jones told the newspaper that he is fighting the cancer “with everything I’ve got”.
