‘Dilbert' creator Scott Adams announces he has same prostate cancer as Biden, will likely be ‘checking out' sometime this summer
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Scott Adams, who took his fame as the creator of the long-running comic strip 'Dilbert' and parlayed that into a second chapter as a controversial political commentator, has revealed that he has prostate cancer and expects to not live past the summer.
While discussing former President Joe Biden's recent prostate cancer diagnosis during an episode of his online show 'Real Coffee with Scott Adams' Monday morning, the cartoonist revealed that he too also has prostate cancer and, like Biden, it had spread to his bones.
'Well, I've decide that today is the day that I wanted to take the opportunity, since a lot of you are here, to make an announcement of my own. Some of you have already guessed, so this won't surprise you at all, but I have the same cancer that Joe Biden has, so I also have prostate cancer that has also spread to my bones, but I've had it longer than he's had it; well, longer than he's admitted having it, so my life expectancy is maybe the summer. I expect to be checking out from this domain sometime this summer.'
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Adams, 67, did not say when he was diagnosed with the disease, but said he had undergone different treatments last year, including ivermectin, that were unsuccessful. Today, Adams said he has been using a walker to get around for the last few months and that with the exception of his morning show, he is in too much pain to do much else.
'I can tell you that I don't have good days,' he said. 'So if you're wondering 'Hey, Scott. Do you have any good days?' Nope. Nope, every day is a nightmare and evening is even worse.'
Adams said one reason he had put off going public with his diagnosis was that he would not be looked at as 'the cancer guy' for the remaining time he has.
'Once you go public, you're just the dying cancer guy and I didn't want you to have to think about it and I didn't want to have to think about it,' he said.
However, with news of Biden's diagnosis, coupled with the disgust at some of the cruel comments sent his way in the aftermath, Adams thought it would be good to tell his story as well.
'When Joe Biden went public with his situation, I thought to myself 'You know what? I'm going to slide under his story and he's going to take away a lot of the attention,'' he said. 'I thought it would be just a little easier for me to tag onto that.'
Despite the pain, Adams said he has had time to accept his circumstance, saying it 'sort of is what it is.'
'I have to say everybody has to die, as far as I know, and it's kind of civilized that you know about how long you have so you can put your affairs together and make sure you've said your goodbyes and done all the things you need to do,' he said. 'So, if you had to pick a way to die, this one is really painful, like really, really painful, but it's also kind of good that gives you enough time while your brain is still working to wrap things up.'
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'Dilbert,' which captured the mundanity of white-collar office culture, was carried by hundreds of newspapers for over 30 years, making Adams a household name and one of the most successful cartoonists in America. However, over recent years, Adams has used his public profile to speak on political issues, gaining both fans and critics alike for his early support of President Donald Trump to skepticism against COVID-19 protocols.
In 2023, Adams received widespread criticism for advising white people to 'get the hell away from black people,' based on a Rasmussen poll where 26% of Black people disagreed that is was 'okay to be white.' While Adams said his comments were taken out of context and that he wasn't racist, the backlash caused many newspapers to drop 'Dilbert' from circulation. Adams said losing his 'Dilbert' syndication deal cost him nearly 80% of his income.
In an interview with Chris Cuomo on NewsNation, Adams said he had intentionally caused the scandal in order to have a 'productive argument' and was not sorry for what he had said.
However, Adams still publishes the cartoon, only now through his website.
'If global cancellation is my price for free speech, it was worth it,' Adams said. 'I'm probably the only white man in America who has free speech today because I can say whatever the hell I want and I can't get further canceled.'
Adams said that outside of his online show, he spends most of the day sleeping.
'So this is the only thing I do and I'll keep doing it for as long as I can tolerate it,' he said.
Adams has been married twice and has a stepdaughter.
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