The Young And The Restless star Eric Braeden has given a health update six months after declaring he was officially cancer-free.
The 83-year-old actor opened up about his road to recovery in a chat with Entertainment tonight on Friday.
He told showbiz’s Cassie DiLaura: “My cancer diagnosis right now is on hold, so to speak, and [I’m] I am very grateful for the very good doctors and the very good modern cancer treatment that has improved enormously.
‘People shouldn’t be afraid of him, you know? Just go and get your cystoscopy, colonoscopy, and get your heart checked. Do all that, do it on time.’
In August, the Titanic actor first revealed the good news to his fans during a Facebook Live session.
The Young And The Restless star Eric Braeden (pictured March 2023) gave a health update to Entertainment Tonight six months after declaring he was officially cancer-free.
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He thanked his followers for their thoughts and prayers, adding that they helped him find strength during his health battle.
“I can tell you that it has obviously helped me because I had my last cystoscopy two days ago (that’s when they inserted a camera into my bladder) and I no longer have cancer,” the soap opera star revealed.
Although his famous Young And The Restless character was initially only supposed to be on the series for a limited time, Victor Newman’s portrayal of Eric was so popular that his character’s arc was extended.
The German-born actor had already established himself in Hollywood two decades before his famous role in the 1980s soap opera.
He was frequently cast as a German soldier or German villain in the 1960s; At one point early in his acting career, a Universal Studios executive told him that he would never be cast as the lead in a film if he had a German actor. name.
The talented film and television actor proved the executive wrong: he still plays Victor, the character everyone loves to hate, to this day on The Young And The Restless.
However, the vigorous octogenarian came under fire in April this year after a urologist detected “high-grade” cancer cells in his bladder.
The cancer was so severe that it left the Wonder Woman star unable to urinate.
He told showbiz’s Cassie DiLaura: “My cancer diagnosis right now is on hold, so to speak, and [I’m] I am very grateful for the very good doctors and the excellent modern cancer treatment that has improved greatly. ‘People shouldn’t be afraid of him, you know? Just go and get your cystoscopy, colonoscopy, and get your heart checked. Do all that, do it on time.’
In August, the Titanic actor first revealed the good news to his fans during a Facebook Live session.
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Braeden appears in the 1997 box office hit Titanic.
Despite her stressful prognosis, the Titanic star found solace in acting.
“I’m happy to be able to go to work,” the Murder She Wrote star said during her Facebook Live video where she initially announced her cancer diagnosis.
Going back to the video in which Eric revealed he was cancer-free, the accomplished film and television actor noted that doctors “couldn’t find anything” when examining the area where they had initially found cancer cells.
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However, the How I Met Your Mother star isn’t out of the woods just yet.
He is still waiting for the results of an MRI that will check if the cancer has spread to other parts of his body.
Despite that extra health detail, Eric made sure to convey his gratitude for the gift of life, saying, “I love life, man.” Why would not? I’m working on program number one. He has been number one for 38 years. Why would I complain? That would be obscene.