A biopsy later confirmed the presence of cancer.<\/a><\/p>\nDuring the discussion, it was pointed out that in a previously filmed podcast episode with former professional footballer Jason McAteer, the lump on Kent’s neck was visible on camera.<\/p>\n
“Yeah, I’ve got a few in there now,” Kent replied, referencing the swollen lymph nodes in his neck.<\/p>\n
“That’s (the cancer’s) secondary- it’s travelled to there. It started in the back of my throat.”<\/p>\n
It is understood Kent began treatment last month and is currently receiving care at Sydney’s Chris O’Brien Cancer Treatment Centre.<\/p>\n
He revealed he will undergo radiation on his neck five days a week.<\/p>\n
While Kent said his prognosis is “pretty good”, with a four-out-of-five survival rate, he admitted the road ahead would be challenging.<\/p>\n
“It’s going to be a tough couple of months,” he said.<\/p>\n
“This is not something I really wanted to talk about\u2026 These days, everyone wants to tell you everything about themselves\u2026 I’m from a different generation.”<\/p>\n
However, Kent explained he felt compelled to speak publicly because his treatment will overlap with the start of the NRL season, and he is unsure if he’ll “be able to talk”.<\/p>\n
He also revealed he is likely to experience blisters and skin peeling from radiation treatment, which may make appearing on camera difficult.<\/p>\n
“But I’ll be back as soon as I’m healthy,” Kent said.<\/p>\n
“I’m not looking for anything from anyone. I am basically just doing this as a disclosure thing as for why I might not be around for round one.”<\/p>\n
Despite the diagnosis, Kent struck a confident note about his recovery.<\/p>\n
“I don’t want to sound arrogant, but I just think I’ll be okay mate. I don’t think I’ll be that one out of five that doesn’t make it. I don’t think that’s going to be me.<\/p>\n
“I’ve just gotta get through it my way. I’m very confident I’ll get through it.”<\/p>\n
Kent added that the rugby league community has rallied around him since news of his diagnosis emerged.<\/p>\n
“Rugby league people are good-\u00a0 they rally around when one of their own is in a bit of trouble,” he said.<\/p>\n
Kent previously co-hosted Fox Sports’ NRL 360 and worked as a journalist for The Daily Telegraph.<\/p>\n
He departed Fox Sports and News Corp Australia in 2024 following an investigation into his involvement in a brawl outside a Sydney inner-west restaurant.<\/p>\n
Kent was arrested and charged with affray over the incident before later pleading guilty, with no conviction recorded.<\/a><\/p>\nHe was also found not guilty of an alleged domestic assault relating to a separate incident in Sydney in 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paul ‘Kenty’ Kent has opened up for the first time about how he discovered he had throat cancer,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":411115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,22799,85],"class_list":["post-411114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-paul-kent","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=411114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/411114\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=411114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=411114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=411114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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