Overview
- Clarke shared the diagnosis on Saturday night in his on-air VT before performing.
- He dedicated his Rumba to his mum, Nicky, dancing with professional partner Alexis Warr.
- Nicky watched from the audience alongside her husband, Shaun, as they supported Clarke.
- Clarke reflected on Nicky’s earlier health crisis, recalling her encephalitis diagnosis after a seizure when he was 16.
- The report cites NHS guidance describing encephalitis as a serious brain inflammation requiring urgent hospital care, and it provides no further clinical details about the new cancer diagnosis.