10-05-2025
Jeff Bridges Shares Health Update After Cancer Battle
Originally appeared on E! Online
' true grit has helped him through the hard times.
The Hell or High Water actor shared that he's doing well nearly five years after he announced he was diagnosed with lymphoma, a blood cancer, and nearly four years after announcing he was in remission.
Jeff told People in an interview published May 9, "I'm feeling good.'
However, the 75-year-old admitted that he is facing some health challenges after battling a case of COVID-19 during his chemo treatment.
"Some things,' Jeff explained, 'it's hard to tell if it's the cancer and the COVID or if it's just old age."
As for what ailments he's currently facing, the Tron star explained, "I can't smell."
But the challenges have turned into smiles with his wife, Susan Geston, who he met while filming Rancho Deluxe in 1975.
"My wife laughs at me," he continued. "She says, 'I haven't showered in days. You can't smell?' Some positive sides to it, I suppose. Although I don't mind her smell."
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Jeff originally revealed his lymphoma diagnosis in October 2020. At the time, he shared that he was staying positive.
"Although it is a serious disease, I feel fortunate that I have a great team of doctors and the prognosis is good," he wrote on X (formerly Twitter) at the time. "I'm starting treatment and will keep you posted on my recovery."
Less than a year later, the Iron Man actor shared the good news that he was in remission, and wrote on his website that his 9" x 12" mass had "shrunk down to the size of a marble."
And while the combination of cancer and COVID led him to need an oxygen tank back in 2021, he didn't let that stop him from performing his dad duties for daughter Hayley, 38.
"I had a goal—walking my daughter Hayley down the aisle," Jeff—who is also dad to Isabelle, 43 and Jessica, 41, with Susan—shared on his website at the same time he announced his remission. "I was able to, not only walk Hay down the aisle, but do the father/bride dance with her without oxygen."
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