Stan Walker has revealed he feels ‘healthy’ and on the way to recovery after battling cancer for nine months.
The Australian Idol star explained that he lost 30kg because of the harrowing disease and ‘binge-ate’ takeaways three times a day in a bid to put on weight.
The 27-year-old remained optimistic in the face of the illness, smiling and telling fans in a tongue-in-cheek Instagram video on Sunday: ‘I had cancer. I’m alive b*****s!’
Good news: Stan Walker has revealed he feels ‘healthy’ and on the way to recovery after battling cancer for nine months (pictured in February)
The singer took to social media to explain the state of his health while promoting the launch of his new single Stan and documentary – also titled Stan – which follows his health struggles.
‘We had a premiere for friends and family for Friday and now we’re going to watch it together,’ Stan said.
‘The doco is cool, it gets to show the whole journey of what’s happening over the last nine months and what’s still happening. I’m not there yet but I’m on my way and I’m healthy.’
Weight struggles: He was 88kg when he found out he had cancer last June (left) and lost 33 kg to drop to 69kg (right, in January)
Discussing the concern over his drastic weight loss these past few months, he said: ‘Loads of people thought I had eating disorders and on ice and any other drug or whatever.
‘Well you’re wrong, I had cancer. So before I found out I had cancer I was 88kg and then I got up to 102kg, now I’m like 69kg.’
He revealed: ‘I’ve put on weight. I binge-ate takeaways like three times a day.’
It comes after entertainment reporter Peter Ford claimed Stan had been battling a rare genetic mutation.
‘It turns out he’s been really seriously ill,’ Peter told The Morning Show. ‘It turned out he has a rare gene mutation that required his stomach to be removed.’
Hard times: Discussing the concern over his drastic weight loss these past few months, he said: ‘Loads of people thought I had eating disorders and on ice and any other drug or whatever. Well you’re wrong, I had cancer’
Concern: ‘It turns out he’s been really seriously ill,’ entertainment reporter Peter Ford said of Stan. ‘It turned out he has a rare gene mutation that required his stomach to be removed’
After playing the trailer for the documentary, Peter revealed that it would air on Sunday night in New Zealand although there is no air date confirmed for Australia.
On Tuesday, Stan released a preview clip of his film, which will cover the last nine months of his life and his battle with serious ill-health.
Part of the trailer, shared to Instagram, showed the artist lying in a hospital bed.
In another moment Stan is seen wearing a hospital gown and hair net while his mother rubs his back.
‘ What if there’s a complication and I die?’ On Tuesday, former Australian Idol winner Stan Walker released a preview clip of his upcoming documentary
Both wear expression of pain and sadness in the scene.
‘They’re all expecting me to get up and walk around, but I’m scared,’ he says.
His mum then speaks to camera: ‘I’d rather I go before my children – any mother and any parent would.’
Heart-breaking story: Wearing a hospital gown and hair net, Stan’s mother is seen rubbing his back while an expression of pain and sadness is shown on both his and his mother’s face
Stan goes on to say: ‘It’s been hard for my mum, she cries every day and she blames herself too.’
‘What if there’s complication and I die?’
At the end of the clip, his mother speaks candidly to the camera, sharing: ‘I just have to block it out, stay strong, be with Stan and help him.’
Staying strong: Stan goes on to say: ‘it’s been hard for my mum, she cries every day and she blames herself too’
At the end of the clip, his mother speaks candidly to the camera, sharing: ‘I just have to block it out, stay strong, be with Stan and help him.’
Captioning the clip on Instagram, Stan wrote: ‘This Sunday night 8.40 pm on @threenewzealand watch my documentary Stan,’ he wrote.
Adding: ‘I bet half the people thinking I was on crack or whatever y’all were saying are feeling pretty dumb right now.’
Continuing, he wrote: ‘This is bigger than all the talkers talking. It’s bigger than me. It’s bigger than what’s happened & is happening to me.’
Truth unveiled: At the end of the clip, his mother speaks candidly to the camera, sharing: ‘I just have to block it out, stay strong, be with Stan and help him’
‘There is always someone worse off going through a lot worse. All I’m going to say is that I’m blessed to be alive and well.’
Referring to a native Maori language term for family, he added: ‘God is good & I’ve been blessed with a back bone of whanaua and friends that go through the highs and the lowest of lows with me.’
Fans were quick to support him, with one writing: ‘Thinking about you during this hardship.’
Another wrote: ‘Thinking of you and hoping you have a speedy recovery.’
Family first: Referring to a native Maori language term for family, he added: ‘God is good & I’ve been blessed with a back bone of whanaua and friends that go through the highs and the lowest of lows with me’