“Metastases throughout the body”
TV boss Johann Lafer: His cancer is incurable
Updated June 27, 2026 – 1:22 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
Johann Lafer: The chef speaks openly about his illness. (Source: IMAGO/Timo Stein)
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Johann Lafer suffers from lymph node cancer. The diagnosis now worries him more than at first.
done at the end of May Johann Lafer his cancer is public. At an event in Munich The TV chef now told the Münchner Merkur about this fatal blow: “I have metastases all over my body, everything is black,” Lafer said.
Cancer cannot be cured, “but it can be contained.” His insight in this situation: “Nothing can be delayed.” He still holds his dream firmly in mind. “I would like to visit the base camp Mount Everest I Himalayas visit.”
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Lafer is currently passing alone chemotherapy. His sixth cycle will begin soon. “I have this task before me. I must solve it,” he emphasized.
It is unclear how much time he has left. No doctor wants to give a prognosis. “Everything is different. Today I heard about someone who lived only a year, while others live another ten years,” Lafer said. “I’m 68 years old now and I’ve been through a lot.”
“I’m currently in a crisis phase.”
He also spoke to the Abendzeitung at an event on Thursday evening. In an interview, he admitted that he was worried about the diagnosis: “At first I felt better, now I am in a crisis phase.”
Also, the current one sets it Heat wave j. “Among other stresses, temperature is challenging,” he said. However, he wants to stay positive. Work helps him. “It’s no use sitting in the corner all the time. This is the wrong way. This is a blow of fate, you need to accept everything as it is and make the most of it,” explained Johann Lafer.