Richard Boyd Barrett has provided a positive health update, following his 2025 throat cancer diagnosis. Richard Boyd Barrett has provided a positive health update, following his 2025 throat cancer diagnosis. Pic: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ieAppearing on Newstalk’s Never Have I Ever, Mr Boyd Barrett confirmed he was feeling a ‘lot better.’ Boyd Barrett went on to share that he had been told by his doctors to take it easy, and he was trying but admitted it was difficult in his career. Richard Boyd Barrett.