Longtime rugby league commentator Paul Kent is facing a battle with cancer.
The 56-year-old, who currently hosts the Kenty Blitz and Kenty Primetime podcasts, was diagnosed before Christmas last year, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Cancer had reportedly formed in Kent’s lymph nodes around his neck.
He would start receiving treatment next week at Sydney’s Chris O’Brien cancer treatment centre.
Between six to nine weeks of treatment was expected.
“Plenty of people have got it worse than me and I’ll be okay,” Kent said, according to the masthead.
“I’ve had lots of people reach out, I know the value of true friendship and I appreciate it.”
Kent formerly co-hosted Fox Sport’s NRL 360 program and worked as a journalist for The Daily Telegraph.
He departed Fox Sports and News Corp Australia amid an investigation into his involvement in a wild brawl outside a restaurant in Sydney’s inner-west in 2024.
He was arrested and charged with affray in relation to the incident, and later pleaded guilty to affray with no conviction being recorded.
A court also found him not guilty of an alleged domestic assault towards his former partner in Sydney in 2023.
Hundreds of social media users have left supportive messages online in the wake of veteran journalist’s diagnosis news.
“No one deserves cancer. All the best Kenty. Beat it lad,” one person wrote on X.
“Best wishes to Kenty through this treatment period,” another X user said.
“Wish him well. Love his podcast,” one person commented.
“All the best, Kenty. I miss him on NRL360,” another X user wrote.