X Factor star Jake Quickenden has opened up about his hidden health condition after losing his dad and brother to cancer.
The star, 34, lost his dad Paul to bone cancer in 2008 and his brother in 2010.
Appearing on Friday’s Lorraine (January 13), Jake said that losing his brother and father to cancer made him develop anxiety about going to the doctors.
Jake Quickenden on his hidden health condition
Speaking about health anxiety, Jake said: “What I realised over the past year after talking about it more… When I go to the gym, the lads say: ‘Mate I’m the same. I get a headache and I think something’s wrong with me.’
“It’s been over 15 years since I’ve had it [health anxiety]. The first time I worried was when I was young and fell over and scraped my hand and got an infection. I thought I was always gonna get this.
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