{"id":156070,"date":"2025-03-15T17:54:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T17:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/15\/james-van-der-beek-opens-up-about-battle-with-colorectal-cancer-i-am-still-worthy-of-gods-love\/"},"modified":"2025-03-15T17:54:41","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T17:54:41","slug":"james-van-der-beek-opens-up-about-battle-with-colorectal-cancer-i-am-still-worthy-of-gods-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/15\/james-van-der-beek-opens-up-about-battle-with-colorectal-cancer-i-am-still-worthy-of-gods-love\/","title":{"rendered":"James Van Der Beek Opens Up About Battle With Colorectal Cancer: &#8216;I Am Still Worthy of God&#8217;s Love&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 4<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>James Van Der Beek has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer.<\/p>\n<p>The veteran actor himself revealed as much via an interview <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/james-van-der-beek-diagnosed-with-colorectal-cancer-exclusive-8738844\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with People Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have colorectal cancer. I\u2019ve been privately dealing with this diagnosis and have been taking steps to resolve it, with the support of my incredible family,\u201d the 47-year old said, adding:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s reason for optimism, and I\u2019m feeling good.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"895\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1478910554-1024x895.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-512499 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1478910554-1024x895.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1478910554-300x262.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1478910554-768x671.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1478910554-2048x1791.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1478910554-960x839.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1478910554-1080x944.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1478910554-1200x1049.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1478910554-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">James Van Der Beek attends Operation Smile\u2019s 11th annual Celebrity Ski and Smile Challenge presented by Alphapals, Barefoot Dreams and the St. Regis Deer Valley on April 1, 2023 in Park City, Utah. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Alex Goodlett\/Getty Images for Operation Smile)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Colorectal cancer \u2014 which starts in the colon or the rectum \u2014 is one of the most serious forms of this awful illness.<\/p>\n<p>We aren\u2019t privy to the details in Van Der Beek\u2019s case, but the five-year survival rate is around 64 percent overall.<\/p>\n<p>Van Der Beek and his wife Kimberly have six children: Olivia, Joshua, Annabel, Emilia, Gwendolyn and Jeremiah.<\/p>\n<p>The actor will forever be best known for his role in <em>Dawson\u2019s Creek<\/em>, but he recently appeared on an episode of <em>Walker<\/em> and the Tubi original film <em>Sidelined: The QB and Me<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176445735-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-512500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176445735-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176445735-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176445735-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176445735-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176445735-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176445735-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176445735-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176445735-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176445735-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-512500 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176445735-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176445735-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176445735-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176445735-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176445735-640x960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176445735-720x1080.jpg 720w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176445735-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176445735-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176445735-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">James Van Der Beek, fashion detail, attends the 71st Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Frazer Harrison\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This week, James opened about up about what he\u2019s learned from his battle with cancer:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was away for treatment, so I could no longer be a husband who was helpful to my wife,\u201d Van Der Beek said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DG9aMcDOnrJ\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an Instagram video<\/a>. \u201cI could no longer be a father who could pick up his kids and put them to bed and be there for them. I could not be a provider because I wasn\u2019t working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was faced with the question, \u2018If I am just a too-skinny, weak guy, alone in an apartment with cancer, what am I?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am worthy of God\u2019s love simply because I exist. And if I\u2019m worthy of God\u2019s love, shouldn\u2019t I also be worthy of my own?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176513951-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"James Van der Beek arrives at the 71st Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.\" class=\"wp-image-521437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176513951-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176513951-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176513951-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176513951-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176513951-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176513951-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176513951-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176513951-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"James Van der Beek arrives at the 71st Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.\" class=\"wp-image-521437 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176513951-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176513951-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176513951-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176513951-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176513951-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176513951-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176513951-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176513951-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">James Van der Beek arrives at the 71st Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 22, 2019 in Los Angeles, California.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Emma McIntyre\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAs I move through this healing portal toward recovery,\u201d Van Der Beek continued, \u201cI wanted to share that with you because that revelation that came to me was in no small part to all the prayers and the love that had been directed toward me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after <em>People<\/em> published its initial exclusive with Van Der Beek, he released a lengthy statement on social media that served as an apology to loved ones who first found out he had cancer by reading about it online.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEach year, approximately 2 billion people around the world receive this diagnosis. And I\u2019m one of them,\u201d he wrote. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no playbook for how announce these things, but I\u2019d planned on talking about it at length with People magazine at some point soon\u2026 to raise awareness and tell my story on my own terms. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that plan had to be altered early this morning when I was informed that a tabloid was going to run with the news.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DB7ZtoJuQUb\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Continued the television personality:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been dealing with this privately until now, getting treatment and dialing in my overall health with greater focus than ever before. I\u2019m in a good place and feeling strong. It\u2019s been quite the initiation, and I\u2019ll tell you more when I\u2019m ready.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cApologies to all the people in my life who I\u2019d planned on telling myself. Nothing about this process has occurred on my preferred timeline\u2026 But we roll with it, taking each surprise as a signpost, pointing us toward a greater destiny than we would have discovered without divine intervention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPlease know that my family and I deeply appreciate all the love and support.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176046876-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-512501\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176046876-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176046876-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176046876-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176046876-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176046876-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176046876-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176046876-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\"\/><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176046876-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-512501 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176046876-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176046876-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176046876-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176046876-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176046876-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176046876-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176046876-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2024\/11\/GettyImages-1176046876-scaled.jpg\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">James Van Der Beek attends the 2019 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on September 20, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Isaac Brekken\/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last year, James appeared on The Real Full Monty, a two-hour special where a group of male celebrities will strip down to raise awareness for prostate, testicular, and colorectal cancer testing and research.<\/p>\n<p>And for now, while he navigates this challenging journey, the actor is spending as much time as he can with his family and trying to keep things as normal as he can.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI made all my own costumes growing up,\u201d the <em>Varsity Blues<\/em> alum wrote in a 2024 Halloween post, which featured him, his spouse and a few of their youngest children trick or treating.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDidn\u2019t really have a choice. But I loved it. Should probably have been the first warning sign to my parents that I would end up an actor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>We send our very best wishes to James Van Der Beek.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2025\/03\/james-van-der-beek-reveals-serious-cancer-diagnosis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 4 minutes James Van Der Beek has been diagnosed with colorectal cancer. The veteran actor himself revealed as much via an interview with People Magazine. \u201cI have colorectal cancer. I\u2019ve been privately dealing with this diagnosis and have been taking steps to resolve it, with the support of my incredible family,\u201d the 47-year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":156071,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-156070","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156070"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156070\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}