Hairdresser to the stars Trevor Sorbie has revealed he has terminal bowel cancer and has just weeks to live.
Appearing on This Morning on Wednesday alongside his wife Carole, Trevor Sorbie revealed the sad news and said he found out in June he has around six months left.
Trevor Sorbie said: ‘I lost a lot of blood one night and was unusually disturbed so went to hospital. They told me I had bowel cancer and I had a little panic attack.
‘I looked at Carol and she looked at me, we were both speechless, didn’t know what to say. So I went and had a big gin and tonic.’
It then spread to his liver and he had a six and a half hour operation, he came back and he had another six and a half hour operation.
Trevor Sorbie admitted his fears he may not make it until Christmas, but is determined to stay positive.
He has, up until two weeks ago, been going to work two days a week as it is ‘his medicine and my life’.
He told Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard: ‘Sixty years I’ve worked passionately to achieve beyond my wildest dreams. When I go in it’s my staff, I’ve had them for 30 years, I’m just one of the team.
‘I had a nurse come round the other day to assess me and as I asked “Will I make Christmas?” She said “I don’t know Trevor”.
‘I said “I damn well will”. The brain rules the body. The heart plays a big part as well but that is the engine.’
Trevor Sorbie said he has found strength in his own charity known as My Wig Hair, teaching how to cut wigs in such a way to make them look like they are real hair.
The charity came to be after the hairdresser was involved in helping his brother’s wife create a wig that looked like real hair as she battled with bone cancer.
He said: ‘I’ve got a charity and I’ve helped many women through cancer, cutting wigs for them. People handle it in different ways.
‘There is no one way, no right way, wrong way. It is however that person deals with it. If you get this right (the brain) and it’s easy for me to say get that right.
‘You can fight this. Doctors have even said you’re breaking medical science, you shouldn’t be here right now. Last night we went out and just had a lovely dinner.’
Trevor is the creator of the wedge haircut and a four-time British Hairdresser of the Year winner. He was appointed an MBE in 2004.
Following his emotional interview, viewers took to X, formerly Twitter, to commend him on his bravery.
They wrote: ‘sending hugs to Trevor and his wife xx’
‘what a man! a genuine true legacy of a man! & the 2 of them, this team! Carole & Trevor are just the dream team. two awesome humans. Trevor, we love you. & we will never ever forget. thankyou thankyou thankyou for your work, your talents ie: that “wedge” & more important, your beautiful smile’.
‘So lovely to see you todayTrevor, happy memories of the makeovers back in the day. By being on the show you have no doubt helped others. Sending lots of love to you and your lovely wife. x’
‘Honestly God bless Trevor. I don’t know how Ben and Kat held it together. What a gorgeous man and it’s so so sad he will be gone soon..God bless’.
‘What an emotional/uplifting interview. What an incredible man keep fighting Trevor’.
Bowel, or colorectal, cancer affects the large bowel, which is made up of the colon and rectum.
Such tumours usually develop from pre-cancerous growths, called polyps.