Stanley Tucci is opening up about his cancer battle. In case you don’t remember, in September of 2021 the 62-year-old actor revealed he’d battled cancer three years earlier in 2017.
It was a terrifying thing for him and his children Nicolo, Isabel, Camilla, Matteo, and Emilia to go through because his first wife Kate Spath-Tucci passed away from breast cancer in 2009.
But he pushed through bravely, even with his promise he’d “never do this again,” hanging over his head — and now he’s ready to tell his story. Related: Mama June’s Daughter Chickadee Reveals Cancer Diagnosis On Sunday Sitdown over the weekend, The Lovely Bones star spoke to Willie Geist and revealed he had a “brutal” fight with oral cancer: The filmmaker said even after all this was done, he still struggled with getting back to normal: So sad… Stanley said his wife’s death made the entire ordeal all the more “terrifying”: He gives all the credit to his current wife Felicity Blunt and sister-in-law Emily Blunt for helping encourage him to push through: And sometimes, downright PERsistent!
It’s so wonderful he had a great support system with him so he didn’t have to go it alone. His and Felicity’s love for one another is so heartwarming.
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