Si King has told how his good pal Dave Myers is "doing OK" and "remaining positive", after the Hairy Biker revealed he is to undergo chemotherapy.
Si King has told how his good pal Dave Myers is 'doing OK' and 'remaining positive' amid his health battle
The 55-year-old celebrity chef admitted his friend is "pretty focused on his treatment" and he assured viewers Dave is "as tough as an old boot".
Appearing on 'This Morning' on Wednesday (11.05.22), ahead of doing a solo cooking segment, he said: "He's doing OK, he's doing OK. He remains really positive and pretty focused on his treatment, so yeah, he's doing OK.
"He's typically Dave, he's as tough as an old boot. So he's doing grand, thank you for asking."
Si was preparing to make a chicken and spinach curry on the ITV brunch-time show, and he admitted it was "a bit odd" cooking without his pal alongside him.
When asked if it's weird cooking alone, he said: "It's a bit odd without my mate, I have to say."
Last week, Dave, 64, revealed he is to undergo chemotherapy because he "hasn't been too well recently", but didn't reveal what he is suffering from.
He told Si: "I've got to come clean now, I haven't been too well recently and basically, I've got to have some chemo, you [Si King] 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.
"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."
Dave - who has been married to Liliana Orzac since 2011 and is stepfather to her two children - admitted he needs to look after his diet and joked that he looks "alright" bald.
He said: "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. 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."
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