Comedian Jane Godley says she’s at peace, anticipating losing her fight with cancer soon, because she knows her family will be taken care of. After being given the all-clear from cancer in June 2022 after being diagnosed with stage three cancer, she recently told the Daily Mail that she might pass away this year.
Janey Godley, a 62-year-old stand-up comedian from Glasgow, grew up with alcoholic parents, an allegedly murdered mother, and a sexually abusive uncle who hurt both her and her sister. Her childhood was marred by poverty and trauma. In a four-day trial that resulted in David Percy receiving a two-year prison sentence in 1996 for speaking out against their uncle, Godley and her sister relived the abuse they had endured 30 years earlier.
Godley, a comic known for her controversial quips, started stand-up in 1994 and quickly gained a devoted following. She relied on her razor-sharp sense of humor to cope.
Godley squeezed in her 27-date Not Dead Yet tour earlier this year between exhausting chemotherapy sessions. Each performance was sold out. She squeezed in another date in the beginning of May because she was “still alive” and “by popular demand.”. Godley claims in her promotional material that “my past year has been like a huge Wordle game that has swept the nation, I went from ‘cancel to cancer’ in 6 weeks.”. “No, I didn’t smack a man live at the Oscars in front of millions of people, but I have apologized profusely for historically offensive tweets from more than 11 years ago and ended up as the torn, worn-out pass the parcel for tribal politics in Scotland. It was entirely my fault, but now that I’ve overcome this terrible illness, it’s time to laugh, live, and rejoice. She refers to the Tweet scandal that Godley was the face of as the “historic offensive Tweets,” which was covered by the U.S.
The Daily Beast is an “obscenely racist news organization.”.
As Nicola Sturgeon, the then-First Minister of Scotland, was parodied in her daily Covid briefings during the global pandemic, Godley’s profile rose dramatically on a global scale.
Godley was chosen to represent the Scottish Government’s Covid campaign, but he was soon dropped after a Tweet scandal in which offensive Tweets from Godley resurfaced, making fun of black celebrities like Kelly Rowland and Snoop Dogg, Chernobyl victims, and people with disabilities. In a piece titled “20 blatantly racist tweets from Godley that were sent between 2010 and 2012,” the Daily Beast claims that it “showed the government 20 blatantly racist tweets from Godley that were sent between 2010 and 2012…before she became a government-endorsed mouthpiece, Scottish comic Janey Godley’s old tweets saw her use obscenely racist language towards Black celebs.” It refers to her remarks as “shocking racist Tweets.”. In response to the Daily Beast’s story, the government canceled the Godley campaign, the comedian apologized, and she donated her earnings. I’m proud of the life I’ve led, she proclaimed. Like everyone else, I’ve made a few errors.
Godley is currently attempting to put her prior controversies behind her as she prepares to face a more long-term form of cancellation. Godley informed the Daily Mail on May 18, 2023. “It (the cancer) will return. The cancer is that way by nature. They will continue to fight it until my body decides I am no longer able to until it first manifests as ovarian cancer, then peritoneal cancer. Although Godley accepted her prognosis, she noted that family friends are unavoidably going through the emotional pain of losing a loved one.
Godley shared a heartbreaking message on Twitter on May 15 along with a black and white photo of herself getting her head shaved. The message detailed a walk she took with her dog and her 61-year-old husband Sean Storrie, whom she wed 43 years earlier.
“I was strolling through the West End with my husband and the little dog in the pram. I initially thought he was sick when he stopped and bowed twice. In tears, he was. on the sidewalk. I will miss you so much, even simple things like (walking) home after a coffee, the man who kept quiet (said)… I hate cancer. He has been so stoic, showing up for every blood test, scan, and round of chemotherapy while remaining helpful and practical at all times and keeping his fears to himself. He has autism, so it’s not easy for him, but cancer is so difficult on families, she continued. Godley has a few more appearances scheduled, mostly to promote her most recent book, “Nothing Left Unsaid,” which she wrote months before discovering her diagnosis. In addition, she is working on a sequel to her 2005 autobiography, “Handstands in the Dark.”. Godley, who is speaking to the Daily Mail alongside her daughter Ashley, 26, says, “We both get told we’re very brave but all we do is cry at everything. Ashley cries frequently. “Living with a life-limiting illness doesn’t make you a hero or an inspiration, she continues. Until I can no longer live, I’m just living.
That doesn’t strike me as courageous.
Being brave means doing things like rescuing a baby from a burning building or performing brain surgery.
They are brave people.”.
“I put in a lot of effort.
My daughter is wonderful.
I’ve been married for 43 years. I was able to provide for my family, which was very important to me because I came from such poverty, Godley said. It’s very important that my daughter never have to worry about the electricity bill, being evicted, or not having enough money to pay the rent. She’ll never have to stress about what to eat for dinner. ”.
Our thoughts are with Janey Godley, her family, and her friends because cancer is a terrible disease. MORE INFO.
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