James Van der Beek has colorectal cancer!

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Anonymous wrote:Does anyone else think it’s very selfish that he’s keeping his medical treatment to himself?

No!

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Another article came out in People magazine - he revealed it’s stage 3. I’m so sad for their family! Hope he pulls through.

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I just watched his People interview - he’s so soft spoken and kind. I’m guessing he’s on the mens since he’s now speaking out.

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Anonymous wrote:I just watched his People interview - he’s so soft spoken and kind. I’m guessing he’s on the mens since he’s now speaking out.

Mend

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He’s updated his insta to include this sad info.

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Anonymous wrote:I really hope for his kids' sake he is pursuing modern treatment. He and his wife are huge antivax, crunchy RFK Jr types. I hope he learns from Steve Jobs. No atheists in foxholes etc.

What happened to Steve Jobs?

Followed “alternative” treatments for pancreatic cancer.

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James recently dropped out of the Dawson’s Creek reunion due to stomach viruses. People magazine showed a picture of him - he made a taped appearance - and it was quite shocking. He looked emancipated and unwell. I’m fearful his cancer has gotten worse. Here’s a link to the article and picture.

https://people.com/

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Here is the direct link in case he’s not on the main page.

https://people.com/james-van-der-beek-makes-surprise-appearance-dawsons-creek-reunion-after-canceling-due-illness-11815128

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Anonymous wrote:Here is the direct link in case he’s not on the main page.

https://people.com/james-van-der-beek-makes-surprise-appearance-dawsons-creek-reunion-after-canceling-due-illness-11815128

oof, I had seen the update that he couldn't make it but hadn't seen the picture. I'm watching Dawson's Creek for the first time (I was a little old for it when it came out so my phone has decided to give me all things the Creek all the time).

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I really feel for him. That cast seems to have so much affection for each other. And I love how gracious he was about Lin-Manuel Miranda stepping in. (I love LMM, but that is some wacky understudying!)

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Anonymous wrote:Here is the direct link in case he’s not on the main page.

https://people.com/james-van-der-beek-makes-surprise-appearance-dawsons-creek-reunion-after-canceling-due-illness-11815128

oof, I had seen the update that he couldn't make it but hadn't seen the picture. I'm watching Dawson's Creek for the first time (I was a little old for it when it came out so my phone has decided to give me all things the Creek all the time).

Do you think that means his cancer has spread?

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Anonymous wrote:I really feel for him. That cast seems to have so much affection for each other. And I love how gracious he was about Lin-Manuel Miranda stepping in. (I love LMM, but that is some wacky understudying!)

Meh, it’s in NYC. LMM is kind of a king there.

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Anonymous wrote:I really feel for him. That cast seems to have so much affection for each other. And I love how gracious he was about Lin-Manuel Miranda stepping in. (I love LMM, but that is some wacky understudying!)

Meh, it’s in NYC. LMM is kind of a king there.

Michelle Williams, who set up the event, is married to Thomas Kail, who is also one of the producers of the event. Thomas was at Wesleyan with LMM and directed both In the Heights & Hamilton. He's one of LMM's original/main collaborators. That's the connection.

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Anonymous wrote:I really feel for him. That cast seems to have so much affection for each other. And I love how gracious he was about Lin-Manuel Miranda stepping in. (I love LMM, but that is some wacky understudying!)

Michelle Williams is married to Thomas Kail, who is a frequent collaborator with LMM. I hadn’t realized how many Hamilton connections there were on top of that, but Busy Phillips was on Girls5Eva with Renee Elise Goldsberry (who narrated the event) and Joshua Jackson was on Doc Odyssey with Phillipa Soo.

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Anonymous wrote:James recently dropped out of the Dawson’s Creek reunion due to stomach viruses. People magazine showed a picture of him - he made a taped appearance - and it was quite shocking. He looked emancipated and unwell. I’m fearful his cancer has gotten worse. Here’s a link to the article and picture.

https://people.com/

He looks awful. Hopefully it's just that he's mid chemo. Two stomach viruses is a weird explanation for not attending. (How would you even know you had two?) But it also doesn't seem like they would have set this up for a time that didn't work well w/ whatever his planned treatment was... so perhaps his treatment got off schedule for some reason and then it just didn't work out.