James Van Der Beek is batting colorectal most cancers … TMZ has confirmed.
The 47-year-old actor, greatest identified for “Dawson’s Creek” and “One Tree Hill,” was just lately recognized with the illness — telling Individuals he is receiving therapy to resolve it.
Van Der Beek says — regardless of the scary analysis — there’s motive to be optimistic. He does not make clear precisely what he means right here.
Based on the American Most cancers Society, colorectal most cancers begins in colon or rectum which makes up one’s massive gut.
Its unclear precisely how lengthy Van Der Beek has been battling the illness … however, he’s doing his half to assist folks like him troubled with it. He is set to look in “The Real Full Monty” — a two-hour particular the place he and different huge stars will strip down to boost consciousness about sure kinds of most cancers.
James is married to Kimberly Brook and shares 6 children together with her, Olivia, Annabel, Emilia and Gwendolyn, and sons Joshua and Jeremiah.