Hairstylist to the stars Trevor Sorbie has revealed he has terminal bowel cancer and has only weeks to live.
Trevor, 75, who appeared on This Morning on Wednesday alongside his wife Carole, revealed the sad news and said he discovered in June he had around six months left.
He said: “I lost a lot of blood one night and was unusually upset, so I went to hospital. “They told me I had bowel cancer and I had a bit of a panic attack.
‘I looked at Carole and she looked at me, we were both speechless, I didn’t know what to say. So I went and had a big gin and tonic.
Then it spread to the liver and they operated on him for six and a half hours, he came back and they operated on him for another six and a half hours.
Trevor Sorbie, 75, revealed on This Morning on Wednesday that he has been diagnosed with terminal bowel cancer as a celebrity hairdresser reveals he has only “weeks to live”.
Appearing on This Morning alongside his wife Carol, Trevor revealed the sad news, saying he discovered in June he had around six months left.
Trevor is the creator of the wedge haircut and a four-time winner of the British Hairdresser of the Year award. He was appointed MBE in 2004 (pictured in 1994)
Carole said Trevor’s last scan in September was when they realized “no treatment was going to work” as the growth is now too big and too close to a major blood vessel.
Trevor fears he won’t make it until Christmas, but is determined to stay positive.
Until two weeks ago he went to work two days a week because it is “his medicine and my life.”
He told Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard: “I never wake up thinking, ‘Poor me, I’ve got cancer,’ or feel sorry for myself.
‘I have worked passionately for sixty years to achieve things beyond my wildest dreams. When I come in it’s my staff, I’ve had them for 30 years, I’m just one of the team.
“The other day a nurse came to assess me and I asked her, ‘Will I do Christmas?’ She said, ‘I don’t know Trevor.’
‘I said, ‘Damn, I’ll do it.’ The brain rules the body. The heart also plays an important role, but that’s the engine.’
Speaking about how she feels, Carole said: “It’s totally overwhelming most days, but I draw my strength through this man – he’s guiding me through a good death – living a good life and dying a good death – and until then he had done it.” I’m not over that, but what we do every day now is show thanks for every day we have and wake up together and it’s all simple things.
Trevor revealed the sad news, saying he found out in June that he had around six months to live.
‘Our little dog is pure medicine, we have a wonderful family and we have the support of the entire Trevor Sorbie family… and we are all guided by Trevor.
She added: “I struggled and cried a lot but Trevor and my son encouraged me to go to therapy and I actually started grief therapy which I didn’t know could be done before and they will guide me and hold my hand and up to two years, or as long as necessary after the event.
“I feel very supported and I feel lucky to have that support… but more from Trevor than anyone else because he’s amazing.”
Trevor said he has found strength in his own charity My Wig Hair, which teaches hairdressers how to cut wigs so they look like real hair.
The charity came about after the hairdresser helped his brother’s wife create a wig that looked like real hair while she was battling bone cancer.
She said: “I run a charity and have helped many women overcome cancer by cutting their wigs.” People handle it in different ways.
‘There is no one way, neither the right way nor the wrong way. However, that person takes care of it. If you do this right (the brain) and it’s easy for me to say do it right.
‘You can fight this. Doctors have even said that you are breaking medical science and that you shouldn’t be here right now. Last night we went out and had a great dinner.
Trevor is the creator of the wedge haircut and a four-time winner of the British Hairdresser of the Year award. He was appointed MBE in 2004.
His famous clients include Paul McCartney, Helen Mirren, Grace Jones, Bryan Ferry and The Beach Boys.
The hairdresser was also a regular on daytime shows such as This Morning and The Wright Stuff, offering advice or giving makeovers.
Of his flashy ’70s and ’80s styles, Trevor admitted, “At the time you have no idea you’re creating something innovative.”
After his emotional interview, viewers took to X, formerly Twitter, to congratulate him on his bravery and said they urged him to “keep fighting.”
They wrote: ‘sending hugs to Trevor and his wife xx’
‘What a man! A truly genuine legacy of a man! And the two of them, this team! Carole and Trevor are simply the dream team. two incredible humans. Trevor, we love you. And we will never ever forget it. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your work, your talents, that is: that “wedge” and, most importantly, your beautiful smile.
‘It’s a pleasure to see you today Trevor, happy memories of the makeovers back then. By being on the show, you have certainly helped others. Sending lots of love to you and your lovely wife. unknown’
‘Honestly, God bless Trevor. I don’t know how Ben and Kat stayed together. What a wonderful man and it’s so sad that he will be gone soon…God bless you.”
‘What an emotional and uplifting interview. What an incredible man still fighting Trevor.’
After his emotional interview, viewers took to X, formerly Twitter, to congratulate him on his bravery and said they urged him to “keep fighting.”
Looking back on his incredible career, Trevor revealed that he didn’t originally plan to be a hairdresser.
He said, “I wanted to be an artist.” But I got bullied at school and my dad was a barber, and he told me to come to the salon… and barbering came easy to me! Within three months I was cutting people’s hair, so I was still pretty creative.”
Of his striking styles from the ’70s and ’80s, Trevor admitted: “At the time you have no idea that you’re creating something innovative. You’re just doing what you feel is natural. I mean I invented compression drying as a kind of accident, to speed up the process a little.’