Stanley Tucci opens up about his cancer diagnosis as he promotes new book on The Graham Norton Show

Stanley Tucci opens up about his tongue cancer diagnosis three years ago in an appearance on The Graham Norton Show on Friday night. 

The actor, 61, is on the show to promote his new book My Life Through Food on the show, and will tell of how the illness left his 'mouth and throat compromised.' 

He tells about his experience: 'Everything tastes terrible for a long period of time, my mouth and throat were compromised by the way it was treated but I am fully recovered, and my sense of smell and taste have come back slowly but surely. 

Speaking out: Stanley Tucci, 61, opens up about his 2018 tongue cancer diagnosis three years ago in an appearance on The Graham Norton Show which will air on  Friday night

'My sense of taste is actually more acute now. Everything is regenerating and repairing. 

'Your mouth is almost like a child’s and you’re experiencing everything anew.' 

Stanley also joked about how he is 'not an expert' on cooking techniques and shared a snippet of his grandmother's technique of straining tomatoes.   

Opening up: The actor is on the show to promote his new book My Life Through Food on the show, and will tell of how the illness left his 'mouth and throat compromised' 

He says: 'I am not an expert at all and write about all sorts of things like my grandparents sieving tomatoes through pillow cases, bottling them, and boiling them in a large barrel. 

'I saw that when I was only five so don’t blame me if it doesn’t actually work!' 

Stanley will appear on the chat show alongside Dame Joan Collins, Jamie Oliver, Romesh Ranganathan and Joy Crookes.   

Fun: Stanley also joked about how he is 'not an expert' on cooking techniques and shared a snippet of his grandmother's technique of straining tomatoes 

Stanley recently detailed how he still 'can't eat everything he'd like' three years after undergoing gruelling treatment of oral cancer.

He shared insight into his health battles during an appearance on Lorraine as he explained how he used his love of food to explain his cancer battles in his new memoir.

Stanley also revealed that he was forced to be fed through a tube for six months while he underwent radiation therapy treatment on his throat, which destroyed his taste buds and saliva.  

Sad: Stanley recently detailed how he still 'can't eat everything he'd like' three years after undergoing gruelling treatment of oral cancer