Ricky Gervais' partner Jane Fallon has told fans she is 'completely recovered' from breast cancer following her diagnosis last year.
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The author, 65, was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in December 2025 after a routine mammogram and publicly shared the news on March 12.
But months later, Jane has revealed she is now cancer free but still struggling with the 'exhausting' side effects of taking tamoxifen.
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The drug is typically taken after surgery and radiation to kill remaining cancer cells and lower the risk of the cancer coming back.
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Jane told how she had 'sneaked home' from an event on Tuesday evening because she was tired and didn't want to risk falling asleep while she was there.
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She shared a photo from her bed with her pet cat Pickle and queried whether she could get in and enjoy a bowl of mac and cheese.
Ricky Gervais' partner Jane Fallon has told fans she is 'completely recovered' from breast cancer following her diagnosis last year
But months later, Jane has revealed she is now cancer free, but still struggling with the 'exhausting' side effects of taking tamoxifen
Reflecting on the evening, Jane said: 'Thoroughly lovely evening with a roomful of fabulous women.
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Continuing by sharing an update on her health, Jane said: 'Even though I'm completely recovered now the one main side effect of the tamoxifen so far seems to be exhaustion and a need to fall asleep out of the blue, so I sneaked home before I disgraced myself by being found snoring in a corner.'
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In April, she gave a positive update as she announced that after having her first surgery to remove the tumour and a margin of healthy tissue, that the surgeons had 'basically got it all' before undergoing a successful second operation.
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Ricky and Jane met while studying at University College London in 1982 and moved into a flat above what he described as a 'seedy sauna' in King's Cross two years later.
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The couple decided neither to marry nor have children, with Jane saying she had never fantasised about weddings or motherhood.
Speaking on the Second Act podcast with Ateh Jewel earlier this year, Jane said: 'When I was little, you know the cliche of a little girl is they imagine their wedding day and their wedding dress... it was none of that, ever.
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I would think about getting a dog or something.
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I would think about the flat that I would live in and stuff like that.
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Ricky, meanwhile, has long maintained that they were already married 'for all intents and purposes', adding that their 'fake marriage has lasted longer than a real one'.
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But after 44 years with Jane, Ricky found a higher power able to change his mind: the taxman.
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The comedian, 65, recently revealed he does intend to marry the best-selling novelist – as doing so could prevent a hefty inheritance tax bill when one dies.
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Ricky and Jane met while studying at University College London in 1982 and moved into a flat above what he described as a 'seedy sauna' in King's Cross two years late
The author, 65, was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in December 2025 after a routine mammogram and publicly shared the news on March 12
Ricky, who is worth an estimated £141million, spoke to Saga Magazine about his plans to tie the knot.
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When asked if tax would be his reasons for marrying Jane, who has a net worth of £1.3million, he agreed: 'It is [the reason].
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And that will be the reason I marry.
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We haven’t done it yet.
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'It’s mad.
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We share all our money, we’ve been living together for 40 years.
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Some marriages don’t last a year.’
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Conceding that he may need to make things official sooner rather than later, he added: ‘It’s horrible isn’t it?
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“I’ve got to get around to marrying, before I die.”
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Unlike married couples and civil partners, unmarried couples do not automatically benefit from the spouse exemption, which allows an estate to be passed to a surviving husband, wife or civil partner free of inheritance tax.
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Without marriage, tax can generally be charged at 40 per cent on the portion of an estate above the available tax-free threshold, which is a potentially expensive distinction for Ricky, who owns a property portfolio worth millions.
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It includes a £14.75million nine-bedroom mansion in Hampstead, north London, two flats in New York and a riverside home in Marlow, Buckinghamshire, where he recently won permission to build a £5million mansion.
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The neo-Georgian style newbuild will boast a grand entrance hall, galleried landing, home gym, drawing room, reading area, lift and master bedroom with a terrace overlooking an existing tennis court and pond.
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The Aporia
