Comedian Rob Delaney speaks out about 'nightmare' aftermath of his two-year-old son's death from brain cancer - as he admits 'a lot of things aren't fine' six years later

Rob Delaney has opened up astir nan 'awful' aftermath of his two-year-old boy Henry's decease and described nan nonaccomplishment of his 'gorgeous' boy arsenic a 'nightmare.'

During an quality connected Today pinch Hoda & Jenna connected Monday morning, nan 47-year-old character - who is joined to woman Leah - described Henry arsenic 'charming and brilliant,' but admitted that 'a batch of things aren't fine' six years aft his passing.

When Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager asked Rob astir his 2022 memoir, A Heart That Works, which he wrote aft Henry's death, the Catastrophe said: 'He died of a encephalon tumor that he was diagnosed pinch correct astir his first birthday. And yeah, he died successful nan opening of 2018 and he was conscionable nan sweetest small astir awesome guy.

'We opportunity that astir each of our kids, but Henry was amended than different children. He was truthful funny, and his encephalon tumor was successful nan backmost of his caput adjacent his encephalon stem truthful it brought him a batch of beingness difficulties, because that worldly is controlled backmost there, but his frontal lobe was fine.'

Rob continued: 'He was very funny and smart and charming and gorgeous and flirty and silly and brilliant. He learned motion connection because he couldn't talk because he had a tracheotomy, truthful conscionable a awesome boy.

'And yeah, you mentioned nan book, I wrote a book astir him because I wanted group to cognize astir him. And I besides thought, there's a batch of worldly written astir condolences that group are benignant of like, "but past 1 time nan sun came retired again," and I was like, "yeah, capable of that crap."

'It's a nightmare and I figured nan champion point I could do was to benignant of elucidate really atrocious it is and fto nan scholar possibly glean dream by seeing that my family is "okay" now, but I didn't want to prescribe it and beryllium like, "it'll each beryllium fine," because a batch of things aren't fine.'

When Hoda, 59, told him they were 'glad' that he wanted to talk astir it, Rob replied: 'No, I emotion to talk astir him. He's my son, I'm his dad, his brothers miss him, his mom misses him and he's still portion of our family and truthful I don't cognize really to not talk astir him.'

Earlier this month, Rob admitted that he was worried he wouldn't beryllium capable to emotion his 4th boy - because his bosom was 'destroyed' aft losing Henry to cancer.

The drama star, 47, who is from Massachusetts but lives successful northbound London, opened up astir Henry connected Radio 4's Desert Island Discs pinch big Lauren Laverne.

In nan candid question and reply Rob admitted he worried that he wouldn't beryllium capable to emotion Henry's younger relative aft his death, saying his bosom was 'torn to pieces.'

He said: 'I retrieve thinking, erstwhile he was astir to beryllium born, "well my bosom has been destroyed, it has been torn into pieces and destroyed, and it's conscionable garbage, truthful I will return attraction of this kid, I will provender him, I will put him successful clothing that fits, americium I going to beryllium capable to emotion him? I don't cognize if I tin do that anymore."

'But nan nanosecond he exited my wife's body, I looked astatine him and started weeping, and I was truthful successful emotion pinch him... I emotion him desperately. But you person to consciousness and grant your pain. When nan feelings travel it's champion to fto them.'

In nan affectional interview, Rob besides said astir Henry's past fewer months.

'He did person a bully death. His last months – we had four-and-a-half of them wherever we knew he was going to dice – his brothers were conscionable truthful into him,' he said.

'They each loved each different truthful much… I watched a 4 and a six-year-old clasp their brother's dormant body, I watched them return unbelievable attraction of him and study difficult things because he required really aggravated things to return attraction of him.

'I conscionable dislike reasoning astir them not having him. I really dislike it.

'They talk astir him each nan clip and they emotion him, and they grin erstwhile they talk astir him and they emotion to look astatine ­pictures of him and he is very overmuch portion of our lives.'