![]() More than 35,000 males are diagnosed with it every year – most are aged over 50 and over a third will die of it. It is the most common cancer in men in Britain. He had surgery the next month and despite getting the all-clear, still has regular check-ups. The popular BBC talent show judge revealed he was in the early stages of prostate cancer in October 2009. Lord Lloyd-Webber is father to Imogen, 33, and Nicholas, 31, (by first wife Sarah Hugill), and Alastair, 18, William, 16, and Isabella, 13, with Madeleine. I regard it as great luck that I’m out the other side.” If I’d left it, the chances are I’d be on chemotherapy now and it would be a nightmare. “It’s extremely complicated and there are stories of it coming back, but I think it happens in degrees. “The main side effects, of course, are that you can’t have sex. He said: “When I had a check-up they told me I ought to have a biopsy. The Phantom Of The Opera composer, worth an estimated £700million, admits he was more shocked by the loss of his sex drive than being diagnosed with cancer. “I just said, ‘I can’t use this thing!’ For a, you just have to live with it. She then produced this contraption, a sort of pump which, allegedly, was in some Austin Powers movie! She said, ‘Ooh, but you can try Viagra, you can try all that and see if it works’. He said: “I did look into the alternative possibilities… I did go to the sex education for people who have lost their prostates and was very sweet. But also, in a moment of seriousness, he urges men to get themselves regularly checked.”Ĭhatting to CNN host Piers at his Mallorcan villa for the programme, Lord Lloyd-Webber admitted he consulted a sex therapist who advised him to try a “penis pump”. He discusses the whole thing with great humour. “He actually has a bit of a giggle when he chats about the possible solutions, and laughs off ideas he would resort to Viagra, penis pumps and any other stimulants. Andrew has been told it is unlikely he will ever have sex again. Revealing his sex drive was massively reduced, he admits prostate removal has left him unable to make love. He gets pretty emotional but refuses to shy away from Piers’ questions. Thirteen months after getting the all-clear from the life-threatening disease, he discusses his diagnosis and recovery with Piers Morgan on his ITV1 series, Life Stories.Ī source said: “It is an incredible interview, Andrew’s most candid ever. Lord Lloyd-Webber said he and his wife Madeleine Gurdon decided against using various sex stimulants – including an Austin Powers-style “penis pump” – because the contraptions all sounded “too gruesome to contemplate”. He added: “I regard it as great luck I’m out the other side.” ![]() ![]() Lord Lloyd-Webber, 63, managed to quip: “I’m a ladies’ man who can never make love. His sex drive might have gone AWOL since surgery to remove his prostate, but the three-times married father-of-five has not lost his sense of humour. Andrew Lloyd Webber has opened up about his battle with prostate cancer – and revealed the treatment has left him impotent.
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