‘Please get checked’: Jenny-May Clarkson makes bowel health plea

Breakfast co-host Jenny-May Clarkson has issued an emotional plea to Kiwis to check their bowel health after revealing a surprise finding at her latest colonoscopy procedure. The 50-year-old TV presenter is no stranger to speaking candidly about the dangers of bowel cancer after she lost her older brother, Jeffrey Coffin, 56, to the disease in 2018. “My bro died of bowel cancer 6 years ago. I had a polyp removed today.”A bowel polyp is also known as a colonic or colorectal polyp and is a small growth on the lining of the bowel. While they are common and often not serious, they can sometimes develop into bowel cancer.