Chris Evans and his wife Natasha Shishmanian have revealed that they are 90 days sober, after sharing his skin cancer diagnosis.
The presenter, 57, took to Instagram on Friday where he shared a snap of himself and, and the former gold pro, 43, as they received their Alcoholics Anonymous Green Chips.
In the happy photograph, the married couple could be seen larking about, while each held up a Green Chips over an eye.
Alongside, Chris penned: ’90 days sober. Feels f#%^*$€ great for SO many reasons. #selfcare > purpose/higher power>in service of others.’
Last month, the radio host revealed how he and his wife Natasha had recently gone teetotal after realising that alcohol took the shine off his life.
Sober! On Friday, Chris Evans, 57, took to Instagram where he revealed that he and his wife Natasha Shishmanian, 43, are 90 days sober, after sharing his skin cancer diagnosis
Feeling good: The presenter lauded the positive impact of ditching booze (Pictured in April)
Family: The couple share four children: Noah, 14, Eli, ten, and four-year-old twins Walt and Boo
Just weeks ago, Chris revealed he’d been diagnosed with stage zero skin cancer eight years after being given the all-clear, but added it’s ‘as treatable as cancer can possibly be.’
Just last week, Richard Hammond, 53, revealed that his pal Chris Evans is still ‘always busy’ after the presenter revealed he’s been diagnosed with skin cancer.
The former Top Gear host shared that the presenter is ‘doing good,’ amid his health battle, after his cancer was caught ‘really early.’
Richard told Charlotte Hawkins and Adil Ray on Good Morning Britain: ‘ He’s good. He’s fine. I saw him last night with a load of other people.
‘It was found really early. But he’s flat out bonkers, he’s always busy.’
Chris previously revealed that doctors gave him the news of his diagnosis after his masseuse – who he branded an ‘angel sent from heaven’, spotted a freckle and urged him to have it checked out.
He told listeners on his Virgin Radio show it was found in the extremely early stages, adding that doctors have said it is at ‘stage zero’ and is ‘as treatable as cancer can possibly be’. He will undergo treatment this month.
It comes after the star, who became a household name in the 90s and 00s thanks to his popular shows TFI Friday and Big Breakfast, had a skin cancer scare in 2020.
Health update: Two weeks ago, Chris revealed he’d been diagnosed with stage zero skin cancer, but added it’s ‘as treatable as cancer can possibly be’
He was tested for the disease after discovering marks on his body before Christmas. Prior to that, he was given the ‘all clear’ following a prostate cancer scare in 2015.
Chris recently told listeners: ‘I’ve just got to talk briefly about… you know my biopsy for the skin cancer issue. So, the best news that I got whilst I was away, was that it was a positive test. So I have tested positive for skin cancer.
‘Obviously better news would have been that it would have been negative. But the reason it’s great news is that they’ve caught it as early as possible.
‘This has only happened because Dee, this angel sent from heaven, who gives me this massage every Friday, saw this freckle on my shin and said, “do me a favour Chris, go and get that checked out”.’
‘I didn’t and then the next week, she said: “Have you been to see anyone because you just need to go. It’s probably nothing but you need to go. That doesn’t look like a normal freckle to me”.’
He continued: ‘Anyway, I went and got it tested. I ended up having an operation. So whilst we were away, the email came through and the email was “can you please call because we need to discuss your results as opposed to just all-clear”. So I was sort of ready for something.
‘But because they caught it so early, it is as treatable as cancer can possibly be, to the extent that they caught it stage zero.’
Chris also said: ‘It is a melanoma. There’s this phrase called a malignant melanoma – you know, once you get something and you find out all about it – that is a redundant phrase because if it is a melanoma it is malignant.
Development: Just before the bank holiday weekend, Richard Hammond , 53, revealed that his pal Chris Evans is still ‘always busy’ after revealing his skin cancer diagnosis
‘But it’s been caught so early, just so you know, that it should be completely treatable. [Treatment] will happen on September 14.’
The running enthusiast jokingly added: ‘I can’t run for a month afterwards so I’m going to do nothing but run until then. Is that OK?’
There are three types of skin cancer: melanoma, basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma. While melanoma only makes up 1 per cent of cases, it causes a vast majority of deaths.
If caught early, the cancer is relatively harmless and can quickly be removed.
Chris previously had a skin cancer scare and was tested for the disease after discovering concerning marks on his body before Christmas.
At the time, he said: ‘I went and had a few marks on my body inspected by a skin expert before Christmas and she said, “You need to come and see me again, just because of your complexion”.’
He explained that an expert told him he had ‘nothing to worry about’ but said she advised him to get checked once a year, and added: ‘I’ve got a particularly big freckle on the back of my hand at the moment.’
In summer 2015, Chris received the all-clear after undergoing tests for prostate cancer.