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Celebrity Big Brother's Louis Walsh reveals he was diagnosed with a 'rare' blood cancer in lockdown as he talks about major health scare for the first time


Louis Walsh revealed he was diagnosed with a 'rare' type of cancer in 2020 as he opened up about the major health scare for the first time on Friday.

Before entering the house, Louis revealed he had signed-up to the ITV show to have fun after attending two recent funerals for friends that gave him a reality check about his own mortality. It is a rare form of low-grade lymphoma (a type of bone marrow cancer), which is associated in most cases with the presence of an excessive amount of abnormal protein in the blood. The housemates were ordered to kiss the co-star they nominated - and when a sobbing Nikita approached Louis after saying he was lazy around the house, the septuagenarian spat: 'Stop crying for God's sake'.

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