Johnny Ruffo isn’t letting his diagnosis stop him from keeping up with festive traditions.
The former Home and Away star, who is suffering from terminal brain cancer, celebrated Christmas at home in Perth with his family and girlfriend Tahnee Sims.
In a joint Instagram post, the pair kept up their long-standing tradition of wearing matching Christmas pajamas printed with a range of whimsical patterns.
Former Home and Away star Johnny Ruffo celebrated Christmas at home in Perth with family and girlfriend Tahnee Sims.
“It’s the most wonderful time,” they captioned their photo.
Every year on Christmas Day, Johnny and Tahnee wear fun and interesting pajamas and fans seem to love it.
“It’s great that you do this every year,” a user commented on her post from this year.
Johnny, 34, has taken a short break from chemotherapy as he spends time with his family over the holidays.
In a joint Instagram post, the pair kept up their long-standing tradition of wearing matching Christmas pajamas printed with a range of whimsical patterns
Earlier this month, the actor and singer marked another year of chemotherapy and revealed he was looking forward to taking a break over Christmas and spending time with family.
“Another year of chemotherapy behind me. It wasn’t easy, but I got through it,” he wrote at the time.
“I can’t wait to take a few weeks off over Christmas and spend some well-deserved time with my family. #f**kcancer.’
Every year on Christmas Day, Johnny and Tahnee wear fun and interesting pajamas and fans seem to love it. Pictured together in 2021
Johnny Ruffo, 34, marked another year of chemotherapy and revealed he was looking forward to taking a break over Christmas and spending time with family
In August, Johnny confirmed his brain cancer diagnosis was terminal and said he feared how his girlfriend Tahnee would handle it when he was gone.
“You can only imagine how difficult it was for her,” he said in The Project.
“What’s on my mind a lot is, I hate to say this, how hard it can be for her when something happens to me.
Johnny was first diagnosed with brain cancer in 2017 after being hospitalized with painful migraines
“Well, it’s something I don’t want to think about. It just makes me a little bit emotional knowing that something is going to happen eventually, whether it’s in a month or 10 years or 20 years.
Johnny told host Carrie Bickmore he’s already exceeded his life expectancy.
“It’ll get to me eventually, but I’m still fighting. Still performing. If I look up my diagnosis and tumor, the average life expectancy is three years,” he said.
Johnny was first diagnosed with brain cancer in 2017 after being hospitalized with painful migraines.
In August of that year he underwent urgent surgery and had a 7 cm brain tumor surgically removed from his frontal lobe before undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy
Johnny went into remission months after his initial diagnosis in 2017, but found in November 2021 that the disease had returned
In August of that year he underwent urgent surgery and had a 7 cm brain tumor surgically removed from his frontal lobe before undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
The former X Factor star went on to praise his partner Tahnee, calling her his “guardian angel”.
“She accompanies me every step of the way,” he said. “I’m so grateful to have her by my side, I don’t know what I would do without her.”
Johnny went into remission months after his initial diagnosis in 2017, but found in November 2021 that the disease had returned.
The former Dancing with the Stars contestant announced in August that his prognosis was terminal