Lorna Luxe Reveals Husband John Undergoes Surgery for Brain Tumor Amid Stage 4 Cancer Battle

Influencer Lorna Luxe has revealed her husband John Andrews has undergone surgery to remove a tumour on his brain.

A month ago Lorna, 43, shared that John’s adrenal cancer had shrunk but doctors had found it had spread to his lymph nodes and he needed further chemotherapy sessions. She added that ‘what we didn’t see coming was a new mass.’

Lorna was away in New York on a work trip when she heard that John, 64, had been taken ill with an excruciating migraine and was rushed to hospital, telling her followers about it on Instagram stories. 

Doting Lorna dropped everything to rush back to him and was told the news that doctors had discovered a new 4cm tumour on his brain. 

On Monday John underwent an operation to remove the tumour, with Lorna happily sharing that the surgery ‘went really well.’

Posting a photo of her husband smiling in his hospital bed, the influencer revealed the snap was taken ‘before he went in for surgery… he’s out the other side now and back flirting with the nurses. I’m on cloud nine.’

Speaking on Stories, Lorna beamed as she told her followers that she was staying in a London hotel near the hospital where John is recovering. 

‘They’ve removed a tumour which is brilliant because that’s what you want, right?’ she told fans in the update.

‘You want it out, and I think if he does need any more treatment it’ll probably be radiotherapy. I don’t know what he’ll need but he’ll probably also carry on with his chemotherapy.’

Revealing the emotional rollercoaster she had been on, Lorna added: ‘Yesterday he went in in the morning and I was in a bit of a frazzled mess if I’m honest, I was nervous.’

Her mind was put at rest as soon as she saw John after the surgery though as she revealed: ‘I was expecting him to be completely out of it and just you know, a bit of a zombie. He was smiling, giggling with the nurses. I literally just walked into that hospital room and I burst into tears.’

‘He’s in good spirits. He’s so relieved to have been able to have this surgery. You don’t realise how lucky you get options like this.’

Lorna ended the chat by revealing the couple, who love a jet-set holiday will ‘chill out’ for a couple of weeks and then ‘hopefully he’ll be back to normal by Christmas’.

Speaking to Diana Vickers on Metro’s Just Between Us podcast last month Lorna opened up about her long relationship with husband John, affectionately known as ‘Mr Luxe’, and how their 21-year age gap has never been an issue.

Lorna, who has over 1.6 million followers on Instagram, is one of the UK’s leading luxury lifestyle influencers.

She built her following by sharing her recovery from an eating disorder, later launching her own successful beauty brand, No 98 Beauty.

Husband John left his job at HSBC to help Lorna build her business and now regularly appears in her content. Lorna has used her platform to openly share updates on his illness.

In April 2023, John was diagnosed with stage three cancer and underwent chemo. He went into remission a year later in 2024.

In May 2024, Lorna revealed John’s cancer had returned – moving to his brain as well as coming back in his adrenal gland.

The influencer said publicly documenting John’s illness has helped her cope, with supportive messages from followers providing ‘exactly what I needed’ during difficult times.

‘When the chips are down, you just want to see people getting behind you’, Lorna explained. ‘I haven’t got brothers or sisters. I haven’t got a massive family unit.’

‘When John was in hospital, I would come home overnight, get myself a glass of wine and I would be sat there replying to all these messages. They were all just full of love, really nice – exactly what I needed at that time.’

Lorna shared that she and John recently celebrated 16 years of marriage, saying the age gap between them has become less pronounced as they’ve grown older together.

While the couple don’t have children, Lorna revealed she has become more ‘curious’ about starting a family since turning 40, despite never wanting kids before.

She said: ‘I think when you’re with someone a long time, you become a bit like them. So, the age gap doesn’t feel as obvious.

‘We talk the same language. We have the same opinions. Even our political opinions, it’s grown and developed together.

‘When we met, I was 26 – 26-year-old Lorna wasn’t really fussed about a lot of things that 43-year-old Lorna is, right?

‘For example, we don’t have kids. Maybe I want to have kids now. I am definitely questioning my decisions over the last 15 years because I’ve always put everything off.’

To listen to the full interview, search for Metro’s Just Between Us now, wherever you get your podcasts.