Strictly Come Dancing judge Len Goodman has undergone surgery to remove a cancerous tumour in his prostate gland, he has revealed.
He had the operation three weeks ago – without telling any of his BBC colleagues – and now says he feels ‘right as rain’.
The 65-year-old told The Mail on Sunday he will be back on the show in the autumn, and credited his swift recovery to doctors spotting the disease early at his annual check-up.
He said: ‘I’ve had the surgery now. Everything’s gorgeously good. I’ll be back in September for sure.’
Len first discovered he had cancer in March but decided not to get treatment until after he had finished filming Dancing With The Stars, the American version of Strictly.
‘I could have said “sorry” and not done the show, but the doctors felt I wasn’t riddled with it and it wasn’t so far advanced that it was a life-or-death scenario,’ he said.
‘It takes a few weeks to get everything set up for the operation anyway, so I went ahead and did the show. I had the surgery done as soon as I got back from America.’
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