Reality star fights back tears over dad's heartbreaking terminal cancer diagnosis as he admits he wanted to quit filming
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GEORDIE Shore star Nathan Henry fought back tears as he discussed his dad's terminal cancer diagnosis.
In a heartbreaking interview, the reality star turned documentary maker revealed he wanted to quit filming his new show after he saw his father cry for the first time ever.
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Geordie shore star Nathan Henry fights back tears over his dad's heartbreaking terminal cancer diagnosis
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Fighting back tears Nathan opened up about how he would feel if a younger version of himself watched the docuseries
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The reality star turned documentary maker revealed he wanted to quit filming after he saw his father cry
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Nathan rose to fame on MTV's Geordie Shore and his new series couldn't be more of a worlds away from the wild reality TV show that put him on the map.
The 34-year-old is fronting an emotional documentary about him and his dad Glen, who is currently living with a stage 4 cancer diagnosis.
Called Geordie Stories: Nathan and Dad, the docuseries will follow the TV star as he embarks on a life-changing journey with his father.
Speaking about the show, Nathan revealed that he almost quit filming after he saw his dad cry for the first time in his life.
He said: "When my dad cried, that's when I was like, he's not done TV before and the first TV show he's gonna do he's crying and I've never seen him cry, I'm like am I doing the right thing here?
'Afterwards I asked him if he wanted to stop and he was like, no, I want to do this to help people, he is as much in this as I am and he wants to help people.
'So I was like, I have no right now to stop this, he's got cancer, he wants to share his story. There's no going back."
Nathan revealed how putting his and his father's story out there has helped many fans.
He said: "When I talked on Geordie Shore about my dad's diagnosis, when that clip went out on TikTok the amount of messages I got and the feedback I got online was so many people going through the same thing.
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'And I think that in itself just kept me going because there was so many people going through this that if I've got a platform to talk about it and create awareness, why am I not using it to that advantage?
'I think doing that, seeing how vulnerable my dad was gonna be, it was just a no brainer to just give this my all and then the more I put into it, the more people are gonna get out of it.
Fighting back tears Nathan then opened up about how he would feel if a younger version of himself watched the docuseries.
He began: 'Younger me would never in his life ever have dreamed that this would never have been something [...] Oh my god this is probably the only question that's going to make me emotional.
'Just younger me would never have ever dreamed that this is something that would have been possible.
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Geordie Stories: Nathan and Dad will follow the TV star as he embarks on a life-changing journey with his father
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The four-part series will offer 'a rare and emotional look at black father-son relationships'
'I didn't think it would ever be a reality like one, younger me would never have thought of coming out to my dad.
'I would never imagine that I'd be in a position where I might no longer have my dad and I would never have imagined myself doing stuff like this.
'So I think if younger me and me were sat in a room and I was like, we've just done a documentary with my dad about his cancer and you came out to him and everything, I probably wouldn't believe him.
'I'd be like, I think you're lying so I'm glad I've actually managed to do something."
The four-part series will offer "a rare and emotional look at black father-son relationships through a lens of vulnerability, heritage and identity," according to the show description.
"Audiences will follow Nathan and Glen to Jamaica, Glen's birthplace, as they reconnect with family roots and open up about masculinity, illness and LGBTQ+ acceptance in Caribbean culture."
Episode one of GEORDIE STORIES: NATHAN AND DAD launches on the 3rd July with a new episode every week on MTV Shores YouTube Channel
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