James Van Der Beek’s wife shares heartfelt message of support after his colorectal cancer diagnosis
issued a public apology to his loved ones after claiming he was forced to disclose his private health battle. The “Dawson’s Creek” star, 47, shared the news with People on Sunday before disclosing to his social media followers why he made the announcement now.“’It is cancer…'” Van Der Beek’s Instagram post began.“Each year, approximately 2 billion people around the world receive this diagnosis.
And I’m one of them. There’s no playbook for how announce these things, but I’d planned on talking about it at length with People magazine at some point soon… to raise awareness and tell my story on my own terms.
But that plan had to be altered early this morning when I was informed that a tabloid was going to run with the news,” he explained.The former WB heartthrob shared that he’d been dealing with his diagnosis while undergoing treatment “privately until now.”Van Der Beek is keeping a positive outlook on the future. “I’m in a good place and feeling strong.
It’s been quite the initiation, and I’ll tell you more when I’m ready,” he wrote before issuing his apology. “Apologies to all the people in my life who I’d planned on telling myself.
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