Piers Morgan has revealed he was saved from cancer by an observant viewer who spotted something alarming about his appearance.
The Good Morning Britain host was warned by a melanoma expert that he had a concerning blemish on his chest – which he rushed to get checked out.
The 52-year-old’s life may have been saved by Gillian Nuttall, founder of Melanoma UK, who contacted him after seeing him in the ITV Serial Killer documentary.
Health scare: Piers Morgan has revealed he was saved from cancer by an observant viewer who spotted something alarming about his appearance
Gillian watched Piers in the documentary in November and emailed him to say: ‘Piers, at the risk of sounding like a lunatic, I’m just watching your programme and there’s a blemish on your chest. Have you had it checked?’
The father-of-three, who is married to journalist Celia Walden, 41, said: ‘This week, a top dermatologist took one look and immediately cut it out.
‘Much further delay, he informed me, and it might well have turned cancerous. Give that lady a gold star.’
Expressing his gratitude to the eagle-eyed Gillian, he said: ‘Thanks, Gillian. Oh the irony of a serial killer inadvertently helping to save my life. Merry Christmas!’
Horror: A melanoma expert spotted a concerning blemish on his chest after seeing him on his ITV Serial Killer documentary (pictured)
Near-miss: The 52-year-old’s life may have been saved by Gillian Nuttall, founder of Melanoma UK, who contacted him after seeing him (pictured with convicted killer Mark Riebe)
Manchester native Gillian wrote on social media: ‘He was interviewing a serial killer and I watched it – he had an open neck shirt on and it caught my eye.
‘I stopped the TV and looked closely – it really bothered me so as I’d got his email, just thought “quick shove in the right direction won’t harm”.’
She joked: ‘I was right. I haven’t got a Piers Morgan fetish, honestly!’
Gillian founded Melanoma UK in 2007, which supports patients of the most deadly form of skin cancer – usually detected when a mole appears.
Piers talked to a series of notorious killers in America for the ITV1 documentary Serial Killers.
He admitted he gets ‘very involved’ in the cases, after spending a week studying the killer and meeting their family.
‘But you do get very involved with these crime ones, you spend a week immersed in it and it’s chilling,’ he told The Mirror.
‘You go into the scene of where it happened, and you engage with families… it consumes you.’
Observant: Gillian watched Piers in the documentary in November and emailed him to say: ‘Piers, at the risk of sounding like a lunatic, I’m just watching your programme and there’s a blemish on your chest. Have you had it checked?’
He risked the wrath of convicted killer Mark Riebe, 56, on the show after taunting him about the dozen women he claimed to have murdered before later recanting his confessions.
Mark is currently serving life in a Florida prison for the 1988 murder of pregnant mother Donna Callahan – but just one year into his sentence he began to share gruesome details of multiple other unsolved murders.
He later claimed he had been tricked by the US government into the confessions and adamantly maintains his innocence.
But Piers blasted the convict for not letting his victims’ families get the justice they deserve by hiding the truth.
Grateful: The father-of-three said: ‘This week, a top dermatologist took one look and immediately cut it out.’ (pictured with Good Morning Britain hosts Charlotte Hawkins and Susanna Reid)
He boldly told Riebe that he thinks he did kill the 12 women and urges him to ‘be a man’ and answer his questions.
Riebe responded by tearing off his microphone and storming out of the interview, telling Piers: ‘Well you’re wrong. This is over. We’re done. I answered your questions.’
Piers continued to taunt him as he walked away: ‘Why are you running away? Why don’t you sit here like man and answer these questions?
‘I know I’m not a 110lb woman you can kill. You did kill them didn’t you? You killed them all.’