Comedian Janey Godley has revealed she is receiving end-of-life care after her ovarian cancer spread.
The Scottish comic said in a video shared on social media that she will enter a hospice because she is “near the end”.
Godley, 63, found viral fame during the pandemic with dubbed pastiches of Nicola Sturgeon’s coronavirus news briefings.
“So I’m now in palliative care and I’m at end-of-life care now in the hospital,” she said in the video posted on X, formerly Twitter. “The chemo ran out of options and I just couldn’t take any more of it and the cancer has spread.
“So it looks like this will be getting to near the end of it and it’s really difficult to speak about this and say to people.”
Godley revealed she had ovarian cancer in November 2021 but was given the all-clear the following year. Chemotherapy kept the cancer at bay but earlier this month she cancelled a forthcoming tour after it returned.
In the self-recorded video, she added: “It is devastating news to know that I’m facing end-of-life but we all come to an end sometime.
“I want to thank everybody for supporting the family, especially [my daughter] Ashley and my husband. The overwhelming support has been amazing, and I don’t know how long I’ve got left before anybody asks.”
Godley was a regular co-presenter on BBC Radio 4’s Loose Ends, as well as fronting BBC Radio 4 series The C Bomb.
The comedian protested against Donald Trump at his Turnberry golf resort in 2016 with a sign saying he was “unwelcome”.
In 2023, she became the winner of the inaugural Sir Billy Connolly Spirit of Glasgow Award at the Glasgow International Comedy Festival.
Ms Sturgeon, the former Scottish first minister, paid tribute to Godley following her announcement on Wednesday night. She said: “Sending you so much love, my friend. You are an inspiration.”