The 52-year-old presenter explained that Melanoma expert Gillian Nuttall was watching his gripping ITV documentary Serial Killer with Piers Morgan when she instantly noticed the tell-tale sign of a potentially cancerous blemish.
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Piers explained: “When my Serial Killer crime documentary aired on ITV in November, Gillian Nuttall, founder of Melanoma UK, emailed me to say: ‘Piers, at the risk of sounding like a lunatic, I’m just watching your programme and there’s a blemish visible on your chest.”
Piers said that Gillian asked: “‘Have you had it checked?’”
The former editor is known for his controversial views and regular spats with GMB co-host Susanna Reid, 46, on the show, but when it comes to his health he doesn’t joke around.
Following an immediate visit to a specialist, the father-of-four continued: “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!’”
“Thanks, Gillian. Oh the irony of a serial killer inadvertently helping to save my life,” he joked. “Merry Christmas!”
Explaining why she’d stepped up to assist the TV star so quickly, Gillian posted her reasons on her social media account.
“I stopped the TV and looked closely – it really bothered me so as I’d got his email, I just thought ‘A quick shove in the right direction won’t harm’.
“I was right. I haven’t got a Piers Morgan fetish, honestly!”
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