Ricky Gervais’ partner Jane Fallon, 65, hits out at ‘disgusting’ fake obituary after cancer diagnosis

Writing on social media at the time, she said she received the diagnosis ‘about a month ago’, assuring fans that it was ‘very early stage’ and had an ‘excellent’ prognosis.

Admitting it had been ‘a lot’, she recalled having ‘mammograms, biopsies, and an MRI’ so doctors could ‘pinpoint the problem area precisely’, with a surgery scheduled for early April.

Now, after undergoing the operation and informing her followers that surgeons ‘basically got it all’, Jane has made her feelings known about AI-generated images, with even fake announcements of her death circulating.

Taking to X today, referencing a since-deleted post, she wrote: ‘I’ve taken the post about the obituary down, because I don’t want people to think I’m upset by it.

I’m not.

p***ed off yes.

But more, I just want people to know that any photos you see of me in hospital, looking sad or with tubes sticking out of me are 100% fake – AI generated’.

‘It’s a beyond vile page, reported that post and the page itself.

It hides under the guise of a RG “fan” and animal welfare!

The AI stuff posted is frankly libellous and disgusting!

Not something anyone should have to deal with’, wrote @FeralMother44.

@AnnWorkm05 also called the post ‘awful’, and @JustMissEmma said it represented the ‘lowest of the low’.

‘We got you, Jane’, @DonnerAndChris added sweetly.

‘Glad I missed seeing it.

How awful that someone would post something like that.

Sorry it happened to you’, wrote @tvtray.

‘So, the surgeon said that I can lift a few weights, so I’m starting with this one,’ she began, holding her cat in her arms.

‘Just a little update,’ she continued.

‘All mostly good.

Yesterday I had my follow-up.

‘They basically got it all.

What they haven’t got is quite a clear margin around the edge of what they’ve taken, so I am gonna have to have another op, just to make sure that they get everything.’
Jane admitted that it was ‘a bit of a pain’ to need further surgery but stressed that it ‘wasn’t a worry’.

‘They just need to make sure they’ve got the clear margin, so it’ll be exactly the same operation as I had last time, just taking a bit less.’
She went on to say that ‘the recovery has been so much easier than [she] thought it was going to be’, stating that it’s ‘all good’ from here.

‘I probably won’t hear until after Easter, but we’re hoping for next week,’ she said of when her operation will be.

‘Which would be great; just get it out of the way.

‘Then, obviously, I’ll have to wait for that bit to be tested, then they’ll see if they’ve got the clear margins around that, and then we’ll see where we are!’
She concluded by sharing she’s trying to ‘get a few workouts in’ and will be carrying her cat as much as possible: ‘Because she doesn’t understand why I haven’t been for the past 10 days.’
Jane had her first op on March 23, taking to Instagram shortly after with photos from her hospital bed as she rested.

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She quipped that it could well have been the drugs allowing her to feel ‘remarkably fine’ and joked about being held together ‘with superglue’, but was optimistic about the coming days.

‘A huge thanks for all the lovely messages I’ve had since I posted about what was happening,’ she signed off.

‘I’ve honestly been blown away and I’m reading every single one of them even if I’m not quite keeping up with replying’.

Filling the comments with well-wishes were plenty of stars, with Piers Morgan writing: ‘Wishing you a full and speedy recovery, Jane – aided by lashings of inappropriate Ricky humour.’
‘Really encouraging news – take care of yourself ❤️’, said Lorraine Kelly.

‘Sending gentle hugs.

Xx’, added Sarah Millican.

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