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News24
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- News24
Jeff Bridges feels good after beating cancer, but Covid effects still linger
Jeff Bridges is 'feeling good' five years after his cancer diagnosis. The veteran actor (75) told People that, 'Some things, it's hard to tell if it's the cancer and the Covid or if it's just old age.' He added that he's had some memory issues and believes he's dealing with some 'long-term' effects from Covid-19. READ MORE | What a dude! Jeff Bridges walks his daughter down the aisle after fighting cancer and Covid 'I can't smell,' he said. 'My wife laughs at me, 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.' Jeff has been married to fellow actor Susan Geston since 1977 and they have three daughters. After Covid halted production on Jeff's Disney+ thriller series The Old Man in 2020 he noticed symptoms of what would later be diagnosed as lymphoma. 'I was doing some exercises on the ground and felt what seemed like a bone in my stomach. I thought to myself, 'Hmm'. But it didn't hurt or anything.' Because there was no pain he decided he didn't need to see a doctor. It was only later, on a trip in Montana with his wife, that he started noticing more symptoms. 'I'm hiking and feeling great. My shins really itch and I think, 'Oh, I just got, you know, dry skin'. Then I had night sweats but thought, 'That's just hot summer nights.' It turns out those are lymphoma symptoms.' He finally visited a doctor and was given the diagnosis in October 2020. The strangest part of having cancer, he said, was being able to shoot action scenes with a tumour in his belly. 'What is so bizarre, to me anyway, is that in the first season [of The Old Man] when I was doing these fight scenes, I had a 9-inch by 12-inch (23cm by 58cm) tumour in my body, in my stomach and didn't hurt at all.' While undergoing chemotherapy he contracted Covid and had to be hospitalised for five weeks. Fighting Covid, he said at the time, was worse than cancer and he accepted that he might die. But the support he received from his wife helped him get through the challenging time. He beat both diseases and has been in remission since September 2021. Show Comments ()
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
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." More from E! Online Pregnant Jessa Duggar Addresses Claim She and Ben Seewald Are 'Breeding Like Rabbits' Athlete Nayeli Clemente, 24, Dies After Attending Workout Event in Extreme Heat Taylor Swift's Rep Reacts to Subpoena in Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni Legal Battle 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." For more celeb cancer survivors who have opened up about their journeys, read on. Colin EgglesfieldGerry Turner Camille Grammer Ewan McGregor For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News App
