Bobby Davro's fiancee has pancreatic cancer

Bobby Davro's fiancee is battling pancreatic cancer.

The 64-year-old comedian is trying to "smile through the absolute agony" of his long-term partner Vicky Wright's "devastating" illness but admitted things haven't been easy.

He told the Daily Star newspaper: “To see someone as beautiful as her with this ­illness is horrific. It’s so sad.

“It’s extremely, ­extremely, ­extremely painful...

"My best advice for someone in a similar position is that laughter is the best medicine.

“I always remember this quote, ‘Don’t let the world change your smile – get your smile to change the world’.”

The former 'EastEnders' actor has just finished a short Easter panto run in 'Rapunzel' and is on stage for a charity comedy show on Sunday (30.04.23) and admitted he's grateful he's got work to distract him from his 63-year-old partner's health woes.

He said: “Thank goodness I’ve got my work, because it keeps my mind off this for a bit of time.”

“I don’t want the fact I’m ­keeping working to sound selfish. Everyone who knows me knows it’s just a distraction for a bit of time from trying to help Vicky. I need to see people laughing, and I like that I can still make people laugh while dealing with this.”

Vicky - whose dad died from the same form of cancer - was diagnosed last year and Bobby hopes opening up about what the couple are facing can help other families.

He said: “Vicky’s illness is a tragedy, and it’s been a personal and family tragedy until now. But now I hope talking about it can help other people.

“There are millions of other people with partners and wives and husbands who are going through the same thing. I just want to tell them you have to push ­forward and get back up – and ­never, ever let life beat you."