Father Ted star Frank Kelly is set to undergo surgery for skin cancer in the New Year.
The 75-year-old – known for playing Fr Jack in the hit Channel 4 show – blames it on being in the sun too much when he was a kid.
In 2011, Frank got the all clear from doctors for bowel cancer after a five year battle with the disease.
He said: “I’m having a little procedure when the show is over for two little skin cancers.
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“They are the kind of thing swimmers get as a kid and take a lifetime to grow. It’s really from being in the sun.”
However he won’t undergo the surgery until his finishes his role as The Bishop in Moll at Dublin’s Gaiety Theatre – and isn’t worried about it.
He said: “They blast them off. You don’t even stay in hospital overnight. They don’t leave a scar behind either, such is the wonders of modern medicine. I will be available for work the day after.”
Xmas special: Frank still loves watching
Meanwhile, Frank told the Irish Sun that he still loves the Father Ted Christmas special, which has been on every year since 1996.
He said: “It just makes me happy to see it on TV every Christmas. There was a great happy atmosphere on the set, among the actors and cast, and the show is like a photograph of that. Poor Dermot is no longer with us but what fabulous work he left behind.”
