First Dates bartender Merlin Griffiths is battling bowel cancer after being diagnosed six weeks ago. The cheery bartender, 46, reveals he faces a year of treatment after doctors told him he has a 75% chance of living beyond five years.
But the Channel 4 star has vowed not to let the illness "get the better of me”. In an exclusive Sunday Mirror interview, Merlin describes the moment he had to explain his diagnosis to his seven-year-old daughter Alix.
He recalls: “I said, ‘Dad’s got cancer’. She said, ‘Is that bad, Dad?’“I said, ‘Yes, it’s very serious but I think it should be OK.
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