'The Young and the Restless' star Christian LeBlanc revealed that he was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in June but he is now in remission. He said that fans had noticed an early symptom of the disease.
'The Young and the Restless' star Christian LeBlanc revealed that he was diagnosed with cancer over the summer, but he is now in remission. The 65-year-old actor opened up about his battle with the blood cancer multiple myeloma in an interview with the New Orleans CBS affiliate WWL-TV. LeBlanc told the outlet that viewers of the soap opera had alerted him to a sign of the disease after noticing a change in one of his eyes. 'The fans caught it,' the Daytime Emmy Award said.
LeBlanc explained that the cancer may have progressed further if he had not had an eye exam. 'It's a very fast cancer, and that is the danger of it, but it's also because the speed of which a cell reproduces is a signifier of cancer,' he said. 'It also makes it very obvious it's a cancer and easily attacked and easily spotted once you get in there.
LeBlanc revealed that he had lost 35 lbs in two months during his cancer battle, but he has been eating more to put some weight back on. 'They said, 'Eat it like it's your job,'' he said. The actor, who grew up in New Orleans, said that he 'was raised to fulfill that promise.' 'Easily done,' he added.
It was interesting,' he said. 'You play that that scene where you hear the word, just the word in a doctor's office, ‘cancer.’ And I got to play that as Michael Baldwin.' Now that he is in remission, LeBlanc will be making his return to the show on the Thanksgiving episode, which will air November 23. Fox News Digital has reached out to LeBlanc's representative for comment.
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