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		<title>Kathy Griffin Home After Colonoscopy Complications</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Iris Chen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 16:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Kathy Griffin, 65, spent the night in the hospital after complications from a colonoscopy — but she's home now and keeping her sense of humor intact.</p>
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<li>Kathy Griffin, 65, was hospitalized overnight after suffering complications from a colonoscopy.</li>
<li>She revealed the news in a May 21 Instagram post, calling it a &#8220;TMI&#8221; update but confirming she&#8217;s back home.</li>
<li>Griffin is no stranger to health scares — she had half her left lung removed after a stage 1 lung cancer diagnosis in 2021.</li>
<li>Fans flooded her comments with well wishes after the post went up.</li>
<li>Amy Schumer recently described her own &#8220;botched colonoscopy&#8221; experience just days earlier.</li>
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<p>Kathy Griffin is back home and back with her dogs — and she&#8217;s not keeping quiet about how she got there. The comedian shared a candid health update on Instagram Thursday, May 21, revealing she&#8217;d spent the night in the hospital after complications from a routine colonoscopy.</p>
<p>&#8220;I spent the night in hospital because I had complications from my colonoscopy,&#8221; Griffin wrote in a screenshot from her Notes app, captioning the post &#8220;A not so tech savvy update.&#8221; She also included a selfie that showed her looking upbeat despite the ordeal. &#8220;I know, I know, very sexy but I am home now with the doggies where I belong.&#8221;</p>
<p>Griffin, 65, didn&#8217;t elaborate on what exactly went wrong or why she underwent the procedure in the first place — but the fact that she shared it at all is very on-brand. She&#8217;s long been one of Hollywood&#8217;s most open voices when it comes to health and body stuff, often using her platform to encourage fans to take their own medical care seriously.</p>
<h2>A History of Health Honesty</h2>
<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time Griffin has been through something serious and chosen to talk about it publicly. In August 2021, she revealed on Instagram that she&#8217;d been diagnosed with lung cancer — despite never having smoked. &#8220;I&#8217;m about to go into surgery to have half of my left lung removed,&#8221; she wrote at the time. &#8220;The doctors are very optimistic as it is stage 1 and contained in my left lung. Hopefully, no chemo or radiation after this and I should have normal function with my breathing.&#8221; She came through that surgery and has continued working and performing since.</p>
<p>Way back in 2010, Griffin took health transparency to a whole other level — getting a poolside pap smear on her show <em>My Life on the D-List</em> to raise awareness about cervical cancer screenings. &#8220;I started talking to girlfriends of mine, my age and younger, and I just can&#8217;t believe how many women are afraid to get a pap smear or they forget or they&#8217;ve gone 10 years without doing one,&#8221; she told E! News at the time. &#8220;The message is, if you see me doing something so outrageous — some may say repulsive — that should make it easier for you to pick up the phone and call your doctor.&#8221;</p>
<p>Her fans showed up for her in the comments this time too. &#8220;Feel better soon ❤️&#8221; wrote one follower. &#8220;Ugh&#8230; I&#8217;m so sorry this has happened. Bounce back, dear Kathy,&#8221; added another. &#8220;All that matters is that you are better and home!! Keep resting ❤️&#8221; wrote a third.</p>
<h2>She&#8217;s Not the Only One</h2>
<p>Interestingly, Griffin&#8217;s update came just days after Amy Schumer opened up about her own colonoscopy experience. Speaking at an event for Amanda Hirsch&#8217;s <em>Not Skinny But Not Fat</em> podcast, Schumer, 44, said: &#8220;I feel happier than I&#8217;ve ever been before. I actually had, kind of, a botched colonoscopy, so I&#8217;m not feeling very sexual.&#8221; Two comedians, two colonoscopies, one week — it&#8217;s a lot.</p>
<p>Griffin has otherwise been keeping busy lately. She recently made headlines for revealing on <em>The Good Guys</em> podcast with Josh Peck and Ben Soffer that she paid $218,000 for her third facelift — a number she delivered with her trademark self-awareness. &#8220;Do you know how many d*** jokes I have to tell for $218,000? I have to do at least two shows,&#8221; she joked. She also mentioned that she went to the same surgeon previously used by Kris Jenner, though opted for a less extreme procedure. &#8220;I&#8217;m just such a money person. I can&#8217;t bring myself to do it,&#8221; she said of the pricier options.</p>
<p>For now, though, Griffin is resting at home — dogs by her side, sense of humor fully intact.</p>
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		<title>Vanessa Trump Reveals Breast Cancer Diagnosis</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Iris Chen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 23:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Vanessa Trump, 48, announced her breast cancer diagnosis on Instagram Wednesday, saying she's already undergone a procedure and is focused on recovery.</p>
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<li>Vanessa Trump, 48, announced Wednesday she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.</li>
<li>She shared the news on Instagram, revealing she already had a surgical procedure earlier this week.</li>
<li>Trump says she is working with her medical team on a treatment plan and is asking for privacy.</li>
<li>She was last seen publicly just days ago celebrating daughter Kai&#8217;s high school graduation in Florida.</li>
<li>Her boyfriend, Tiger Woods, attended Kai&#8217;s graduation ceremony but was not at the family dinner.</li>
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<p>Vanessa Trump is facing a serious health battle. The 48-year-old announced Wednesday that she has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer — and has already undergone a procedure as part of her early treatment.</p>
<p>&#8220;I want to share a personal health update. I&#8217;ve recently been diagnosed with breast cancer,&#8221; she wrote in an Instagram post. &#8220;While this isn&#8217;t news anyone expects, I&#8217;m working closely with my medical team on a treatment plan. I would like to thank my doctors for performing a procedure earlier this week on me.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I am staying focused and hopeful while surrounded by the love and support of my family, my kids, and those closest to me,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Thank you for your kindness and support — it truly means more than I can express. I kindly ask for privacy as I focus on my health and recovery.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump did not disclose the stage of her cancer or further details about her treatment plan.</p>
<h2>A Difficult Moment After a Family Milestone</h2>
<p>The timing is striking. Just days before her announcement, Vanessa was spotted celebrating a major family milestone — her daughter Kai&#8217;s high school graduation. The 19-year-old, whom Vanessa shares with ex-husband Donald Trump Jr., graduated from the Benjamin School in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The family marked the occasion with an intimate dinner at Blackbird restaurant in Naples.</p>
<p>The dinner brought together an unlikely but apparently warm gathering: President Trump&#8217;s daughter Tiffany and her husband Michael Boulos attended, as did Donald Jr.&#8217;s fiancée, Bettina Anderson. Page Six reported that Bettina, 39, and Vanessa were seen hugging and appeared genuinely friendly with one another.</p>
<p>Vanessa&#8217;s boyfriend, Tiger Woods, wasn&#8217;t at the dinner — but he did show up to Kai&#8217;s graduation ceremony, arriving in his Escalade about 15 minutes late and slipping out roughly 20 minutes before the rest of the guests.</p>
<p>Woods, who confirmed his relationship with Vanessa in March 2025 when he posted photos of the two together, has not publicly commented on her diagnosis.</p>
<h2>What the Diagnosis Means</h2>
<p>Breast cancer is the <a href="https://www.cancer.org/cancer/types/breast-cancer/about/how-common-is-breast-cancer.html">second-leading cause of cancer death among women in the United States</a>, according to the American Cancer Society — behind only lung cancer. But survival rates have improved significantly in recent decades, thanks to earlier detection and advances in treatment. It&#8217;s also among the most common cancers American women face.</p>
<p>Vanessa, a New York City native and former model, was married to Donald Trump Jr. for 12 years before filing for divorce in 2018. The two share five children together, and by all appearances remain on good terms — as that graduation dinner made clear.</p>
<p>For now, she&#8217;s asking for space to heal. &#8220;I kindly ask for privacy as I focus on my health and recovery&#8221; — and given everything she&#8217;s already navigating, that feels like the very least she deserves.</p>
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		<title>Amy Schumer on &#8216;Botched&#8217; Colonoscopy: &#8216;Not Feeling Very Sexual&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jules Marwin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 16:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<li>Amy Schumer revealed she had a &#8220;botched colonoscopy&#8221; that has left her feeling &#8220;not very sexual&#8221;</li>
<li>She made the comment at a May 17 Dear Media event for the <em>Not Skinny But Not Fat</em> podcast</li>
<li>Schumer, 44, has been open about her Cushing syndrome diagnosis and ongoing weight loss journey using Mounjaro</li>
<li>She and chef Chris Fischer announced their split in December 2025 after nearly eight years of marriage; she filed for divorce in January 2026</li>
<li>Despite the split, the former couple are still co-parenting closely and reportedly sharing a roof for the sake of their 7-year-old son Gene</li>
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<p>Amy Schumer is nothing if not honest — and at a recent podcast event, she delivered one of her most unexpected health updates yet. The comedian told the crowd at a May 17 Dear Media event for the <em>Not Skinny But Not Fat</em> podcast that a medical procedure gone wrong has put a damper on her love life.</p>
<p>&#8220;I feel happier than I&#8217;ve ever been before,&#8221; Schumer said, before host Amanda Hirsch brought up her noticeable weight loss and asked whether feeling &#8220;really hot&#8221; had anything to do with it. Schumer appreciated the compliment but quickly redirected. &#8220;I actually had kind of a botched colonoscopy, so I&#8217;m not feeling very sexual,&#8221; she told the audience.</p>
<p>She didn&#8217;t get into the specifics of what went wrong during the procedure — a routine outpatient screening in which a doctor examines the large intestine for signs of colorectal cancer — but she did offer the crowd a little perspective. &#8220;See, that&#8217;s another thing you&#8217;re not going to have to worry about for 15 years,&#8221; she quipped.</p>
<h2>A Year of Major Health Changes</h2>
<p>The 44-year-old has been unusually candid about her body and health over the past couple of years, and for good reason. In 2024, Schumer was diagnosed with exogenous Cushing syndrome after a flood of online comments about her noticeably puffy face prompted her to look into what was happening.</p>
<p>&#8220;I was getting these steroid injections, and so it gave me this thing called Cushing syndrome — which I wouldn&#8217;t have known if the internet hadn&#8217;t come for me so hard,&#8221; she said on the <em>Call Her Daddy</em> podcast in 2025. &#8220;I learned that I had something called &#8216;moon face,&#8217; and I&#8217;m starring in a movie and there&#8217;s a camera in my face, and I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Oh my God.&#8221;</p>
<p>Cushing syndrome — caused by an excess of cortisol in the body — is characterized by a round, full face, thin skin, and weight gain. Schumer wrote in a 2024 issue of the <em>News Not Noise</em> newsletter that learning her diagnosis felt like a turning point. &#8220;I feel reborn,&#8221; she said at the time, noting that some forms of Cushing can be fatal or require brain surgery.</p>
<p>As the swelling from the syndrome began to dissolve on its own, Schumer also started a weight loss journey with the help of GLP-1 medications. She&#8217;s been transparent about that process too — including the rocky start. &#8220;Three years ago, I tried Wegovy. I was puking, I couldn&#8217;t handle it. I don&#8217;t know if they&#8217;ve changed the formula, whatever,&#8221; she said in a March 2025 Instagram video. She eventually found a better fit with Mounjaro, and in December 2025 told her followers she had lost 50 pounds.</p>
<p>She&#8217;s also been on hormone therapy after discovering she was in perimenopause. &#8220;They put me on estrogen and progesterone because I realized I was in perimenopause and my symptoms have disappeared,&#8221; she explained in the same March video. &#8220;My hair is fuller, my skin is better, I have more energy, I want to get down more, if you know what I mean. I&#8217;m talking about sex. So that&#8217;s been great.&#8221;</p>
<p>Which makes the colonoscopy timing&#8230; unfortunate.</p>
<h2>Life After the Split</h2>
<p>Schumer&#8217;s health journey has run parallel to a major shift in her personal life. In December 2025, she announced on Instagram that she and husband Chris Fischer were ending their marriage after nearly eight years together.</p>
<p>&#8220;Blah blah blah Chris and I have made the difficult decision to end our marriage after 7 years. We love each other very much and will continue to focus on raising our son,&#8221; she wrote — and in true Schumer fashion, she pre-empted the tabloid speculation: &#8220;not becisse [sic] I dropped some lbs and thought I could bag a basket and not because he&#8217;s a hot James Beard award-winning chef who can still pull some hot tail. Amicable and all love and respect! Family forever.&#8221;</p>
<p>She filed for divorce from Fischer, 45, in January 2026. But according to a source close to the situation, the two have remained closely intertwined for the sake of their son Gene, now 7. &#8220;She expects that they&#8217;ll co-parent full-time together and that he&#8217;ll see Gene almost as much as he does now — if not more,&#8221; the insider said. &#8220;They are still largely under the same roof, for the kid&#8217;s sake.&#8221;</p>
<p>Through the health scares, the weight loss, the divorce, and now a colonoscopy she&#8217;d probably like a do-over on, Schumer keeps showing up and telling it straight. &#8220;I feel happier than I&#8217;ve ever been before&#8221; — botched procedure and all.</p>
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		<title>Billy Bob Thornton&#8217;s Rare Blood Type Runs His Diet</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 05:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
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<li>Billy Bob Thornton has type AB-negative blood, which affects fewer than 1% of people worldwide.</li>
<li>The condition means fewer digestive enzymes and lifelong allergies to wheat, dairy, meat, and shellfish.</li>
<li>Thornton opened up on the <em>Howie Mandel Does Stuff</em> podcast, revealing a typical day of blueberries and gluten-free snacks.</li>
<li>He discovered his blood type in 1980 and has described himself for years as &#8220;a vegan who cheats.&#8221;</li>
<li>The <em>Landman</em> star, who turned 70 this year, also has a history of OCD, an eating disorder, and other health challenges.</li>
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<p>Billy Bob Thornton has spent decades figuring out what his body will and won&#8217;t tolerate — and it turns out, the answer has been in his blood the whole time.</p>
<p>The <em>Landman</em> star, 70, opened up during a recent episode of the <em>Howie Mandel Does Stuff</em> podcast about the strict dietary life that comes with having type AB-negative blood, one of the rarest blood types on the planet. &#8220;I have type AB negative blood, which is the rarest type in the world,&#8221; Thornton told host Howie Mandel. &#8220;It&#8217;s like less than 1% of the population of the world has it.&#8221;</p>
<p>The condition, he explained, comes with a key biological catch: fewer digestive enzymes. That deficiency is the root of a lifetime of food sensitivities — allergies to wheat and dairy, a need to avoid shellfish, and a hard pass on pork and beef. Thornton discovered his blood type back in 1980, but the symptoms had been there his whole life. He just didn&#8217;t know what was causing them.</p>
<p>&#8220;When I was a kid, you know, I grew up in Arkansas and East Texas, and I ate everything,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I just assumed everybody felt like s— after they ate. I didn&#8217;t know.&#8221;</p>
<h2>What a Typical Day Looks Like on the Billy Bob Thornton Diet</h2>
<p>When Mandel asked what Thornton had actually eaten that day, the answer was pretty spartan: a bowl of blueberries and a decaf coffee. Looking ahead to later in the day, he was optimistic. &#8220;I&#8217;m going to have some gluten-free chips with some dairy-free cream cheese,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So I&#8217;m really looking forward to that.&#8221;</p>
<p>Working within those constraints takes creativity — and sometimes a willingness to improvise with whatever&#8217;s in the green room. Thornton recalled being at a <em>Landman</em> event where the spread was essentially off-limits: one tray of salami and prosciutto, another full of crackers he couldn&#8217;t touch. &#8220;Normally in these green rooms, they got a spread. I mean, you can usually find something, you know?&#8221;</p>
<p>Then he spotted a bowl of red and white grapes. And some spicy Dijon mustard. He took a chance.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m like, &#8216;Oh, OK, so I&#8217;ll be bored as hell with this,'&#8221; he said of the grape. &#8220;And then I saw some spicy Dijon mustard and thought, &#8216;I wonder&#8230;'&#8221; The result? He called it &#8220;one of the best things I&#8217;ve ever had in my lifetime. So now it&#8217;s become a thing for me.&#8221;</p>
<p>Thornton has long described himself as &#8220;a vegan who cheats&#8221; — a label he put on himself during a 2020 appearance on the <em>Mental Amanda</em> podcast, where he admitted to occasionally breaking for salmon or halibut, or the pull of good Texas barbecue. The AB-negative blood type gives the phrase a whole new layer of meaning.</p>
<h2>A Long History With His Health</h2>
<p>This isn&#8217;t the first time Thornton has had to reckon with his body in a serious way. In 1998, while filming <em>U Turn</em>, he dropped 59 pounds — surviving largely on canned tuna and Twizzlers to look gaunt for the role — and developed an eating disorder. Two years later, he was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles following a viral infection, which quickly became tabloid fodder with rumors flying that he&#8217;d had a heart attack or could only eat orange-colored foods.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s also been open about his OCD diagnosis, which he&#8217;s connected to a difficult childhood marked by abuse. In a 2004 interview with Ann Curry, he described the hypervigilance that defined his early years: &#8220;I would hear the car pull in the driveway around 4 o&#8217;clock usually, and I would, in my head, I would say if I can count to a hundred five times before I hear the car come in the driveway, everything&#8217;s going to be okay.&#8221; The constant mental calculation, he said, is emotionally and physically exhausting.</p>
<p>Now, at 70 — a milestone he&#8217;s spoken about with both pride and perspective — Thornton seems to have found a kind of peace with all of it. He&#8217;s talked about the unexpected gift of aging in Hollywood: the respect that comes with it, the wisdom people project onto you. &#8220;We&#8217;ve all seen each other get older,&#8221; he said, &#8220;and when I see that wisdom and see the respect that people have for them, it just kind of makes everything melt away somehow.&#8221;</p>
<p><em>Landman</em> is set to begin filming its third season in August, which means more green rooms, more questionable spreads, and probably a lot more creative grape-and-mustard situations ahead.</p>
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		<title>Ted Danson Opens Up About a Recent Health Scare</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jules Marwin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 21:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mary Steenburgen]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Ted Danson, 78, revealed a health scare that changed his outlook on life — and got him meditating twice a day with wife Mary Steenburgen.</p>
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<li>Ted Danson, 78, revealed a recent health scare on his podcast <em>Where Everybody Knows Your Name</em></li>
<li>The <em>Cheers</em> legend said the experience was &#8220;humbling&#8221; and a reminder that &#8220;mortality is the real deal&#8221;</li>
<li>He didn&#8217;t disclose the nature of the health issue but says he&#8217;s now meditating twice a day with wife Mary Steenburgen</li>
<li>Danson shared the news during a candid conversation with guest Valerie Bertinelli, whom he&#8217;d never actually met before the episode</li>
<li>He called the scare &#8220;the best thing that could have happened&#8221; to him and says it&#8217;s reshaped how he shows up for others</li>
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<p>Ted Danson has been through something that made him stop and take stock — and he&#8217;s being refreshingly honest about it.</p>
<p>The beloved <em>Cheers</em> and <em>The Good Place</em> star opened up about a recent health scare during a new episode of his podcast <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atk9EqPqFZM"><em>Where Everybody Knows Your Name</em></a>, telling guest Valerie Bertinelli that the experience fundamentally changed the way he&#8217;s living his life.</p>
<p>&#8220;The last thing that kind of hit me that was very liberating was I had a bit of a health scare. I&#8217;m totally fine, but it was like, &#8216;Oh, well, that&#8217;s real,'&#8221; the 78-year-old said. &#8220;And it was humbling and, oh, mortality is the real deal, you know. It&#8217;s not just a rumor. Ted Danson doesn&#8217;t get a free pass. Love his work, but&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>He didn&#8217;t reveal what the health issue was, and he made clear it wasn&#8217;t the result of any poor choices on his part — which somehow made it hit harder. &#8220;I hadn&#8217;t f&#8212;ed up in some way,&#8221; he said, &#8220;so I couldn&#8217;t go, &#8216;Oh, Ted.'&#8221; Bertinelli picked right up on that: there were no &#8220;if onlys&#8221; to fall back on. It just happened.</p>
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<p>&#8220;It was very humbling and calming, and I&#8217;m fine,&#8221; Danson assured listeners. &#8220;I think it was the best thing that could have happened to me, and I&#8217;m doing some things differently.&#8221;</p>
<h2>Meditating with Mary, and Meaning It This Time</h2>
<p>The biggest change? He&#8217;s finally following through on the healthy habits he&#8217;d always talked about but never actually committed to. &#8220;I am meditating now twice a day with Mary,&#8221; he said, referring to his wife of nearly 30 years, <a href="https://www.tvinsider.com/people/ted-danson/">Mary Steenburgen</a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s like, wow, I&#8217;ve always talked about it and lied about it.&#8221; He said it with a laugh, but the honesty landed.</p>
<p>Danson and Steenburgen met in 1993 on the set of <em>Pontiac Moon</em> and married on October 7, 1995, on Martha&#8217;s Vineyard. By all accounts, they&#8217;ve been each other&#8217;s anchor ever since — and now, apparently, each other&#8217;s meditation partners.</p>
<h2>The Bigger Shift: Learning to Really Listen</h2>
<p>What struck Danson most wasn&#8217;t just the physical wake-up call. It was what the experience unlocked in him emotionally.</p>
<p>&#8220;What it&#8217;s done for me, the biggest gift of all: you can be curious about other people, you can listen, you can be supportive, caring, you can witness them,&#8221; he told Bertinelli. &#8220;And I do believe that the rest of my life is to be curious and listen. That&#8217;s the best thing I can offer.&#8221;</p>
<p>There&#8217;s something quietly moving about a man who has spent decades being one of the most watched faces on television arriving at the conclusion that the most valuable thing he can do now is pay attention to others.</p>
<p>The conversation itself had a certain serendipity to it — Danson and <a href="https://www.tvinsider.com/people/valerie-bertinelli/">Bertinelli</a> had somehow never really met before the podcast taping, despite both being fixtures of American television for decades. Bertinelli has been in the business since 1975. Danson, of course, became a household name as Sam Malone across all 273 episodes of <em>Cheers</em>&#8216; 11-season run from 1982 to 1993 — a show he ultimately chose to end by walking away, leaving executives with no interest in continuing without their lead.</p>
<p>Since then he&#8217;s kept busy in ways that have only deepened his reputation — from <em>Becker</em> to <em>Damages</em> to his beloved turn as Michael in <em>The Good Place</em>, and most recently starring in <a href="https://www.tvinsider.com/show/a-man-on-the-inside/"><em>A Man on the Inside</em></a>. But if this conversation is any indication, the chapter he&#8217;s most focused on right now has nothing to do with a role. It&#8217;s just about showing up — for Mary, for the people around him, and for himself.</p>
<p>&#8220;It just means you have experienced allowing so much pain to get to the joy and all that,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s the kind of thing you only really understand after something shakes you. Sounds like it shook him just enough.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://www.creamglobal.com/188/ted-danson-health-scare-humbling-mortality/">Ted Danson Opens Up About a Recent Health Scare</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.creamglobal.com">Cream</a>.</p>
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