Johnny Ruffo reveals his heartbreak as he watches his girlfriend Tahnee Sims suffer as his brain cancer worsens: ‘It feels like it’s all my fault’
Former Home and Away star Johnny Ruffo has praised his girlfriend Tahnee Sims of seven for supporting him during his battle with brain cancer.
The 34-year-old actor and singer was first diagnosed with the disease in 2017 and revealed during an interview with The Project on Monday that his prognosis is terminal.
Johnny told Who magazine on Thursday that he loves Tahnee “above all” and that it breaks his heart to see the pain she is going through as his condition worsens.
Former Home and Away star Johnny Ruffo has praised his girlfriend Tahnee Sims of seven for supporting him during his battle with brain cancer
“Tahnee inspires me to want to do better and be better. She helps me find the fight everyday and I’m so grateful for that. I can’t thank her enough,’ he said.
Johnny revealed they are trying to keep their relationship as normal as possible by talking about future plans, but his bleak prognosis still weighs heavily on her.
“I already feel the pain she’s going through and there’s nothing I can do about it. I can’t take that away from her,’ he said.
“It’s heartbreaking for me and it feels like it’s all my fault. I do not know what to do. So we take each day as it comes. I fight the hardest.”
Johnny told Who magazine on Thursday that he loves Tahnee “above all” and that it breaks his heart to see the pain she is going through as his condition worsens
Johnny was first diagnosed in August 2017 after suffering an excruciating headache.
He underwent a rushed operation and doctors removed a 7 cm tumor from his frontal lobe and also underwent chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
The former X Factor star went into remission months later, but revealed in November 2021 that the disease had returned.
Johnny confirmed to The Project on Monday that his cancer is now terminal.
Johnny revealed they are trying to keep their relationship as normal as possible by talking about future plans, but his bleak prognosis still weighs heavily on her. (picture 2015)
He told host Carrie Bickmore, who lost her husband Greg Lange to brain cancer in 2010, that he was already past his life expectancy.
“It’ll get to me eventually, but I’m still fighting. Still performing. If I look up my diagnosis and tumor, the average life expectancy is three years,” he admitted.
“And for me it’s been five years now. I already win My goal now is to help as many people as possible and live a happy life.’
Johnny has often spoken of the support Tahnee has given him since his diagnosis and once credited her with “saving” his life. The couple first met in a dance studio in 2015
Despite his struggles, the former Dancing with the Stars contestant was more concerned about how his girlfriend Tahnee would be coping after his death.
“You can only imagine how hard it was for her,” he said to Carrie.
“What’s on my mind a lot is, I hate to say this, how hard it can be for her when something happens to me.
The 34-year-old actor and singer was first diagnosed with the disease in 2017 and revealed during an interview with The Project on Monday that his prognosis is terminal. (Right: Carrie Bickmore)
“So it’s something I don’t want to think about. It just makes me a little bit emotional knowing that something is going to happen eventually, whether it’s in a month or 10 years or 20 years.
Johnny has often spoken of the support Tahnee has given him since his diagnosis and once credited her with “saving” his life.
The couple first met at a dance studio in 2015 and have been together ever since.
“It’ll get to me eventually, but I’m still fighting. Still performing. If I look up my diagnosis and tumor, the average life expectancy is three years,” he admitted