Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that James Martin accused of bullying tv crew in leaked tape rant following £30k worth of damage in his house.
TV chef James Martin was diagnosed with facial cancer some years ago and needed surgery, he has revealed.
The 51-year-old presenter, who is facing allegations that he bullied production staff on his shows, said he had surgery for the cancer in 2018 and has since had regular treatment as it has “returned on several occasions”. This comes as Martin recently agreed that “lessons have been learned” and apologised “for any offence or upset caused” after he responded “emotionally” to an incident during filming of ITV’s James Martin’s Saturday Morning.
The abusive rant which happened during the production of his show, James Martin’s Saturday Morning, took place on a heated Zoom call in 2018 – the same year he had surgery for his cancer.
But ITV has also confirmed it has spoken to the star after concerns were raised over treatment of crew members during the filming of James Martin’s Spanish Adventure in May. In a series of posts on X, formerly Twitter, he said: “The end of 2017 was one of the most fraught and difficult periods of my life,” adding that he had been dealing with his grandfather’s death and a home burglary. “I was then diagnosed with cancer on my face and I had to have surgery, which I couldn’t do until two days before Christmas when we had finished filming,” he added. “Since then it has returned on several occasions and I have to have regular treatments.”
The shock admission came after an extraordinary tape was leaked to The Sun where Martin, 51, berated his TV crew in a foul-mouthed rant over a blocked drain.
Martin told the newspaper that the outburst was the culmination of a string of unfortunate events in his life, which began with the death of his grandfather, then was followed by a home invasion by masked burglars, and finally his cancer diagnosis.
He said: ‘I was then diagnosed with cancer on my face and I had to have surgery, which I couldn’t do until two days before Christmas when we had finished filming. Since then it has returned on several occasions and I have to have regular treatments.’
