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US EXCLUSIVE! Eric Dane "Mortified" by Cancer Claim
Wednesday February 13, 2008
Eric Dane arrives at GQ Celebrates 2007 "Men Of The Year" on December 5, 2007 in Hollywood, California.
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Wednesday February 13, 2008
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Eric Dane's "fight against cancer" was not nearly as dramatic as it sounds.
OK! magazine's cover story of their February 18 issue sensationalized the fact that the Grey's Anatomy actor, 35, had some malignant cells on his lip frozen off with liquid nitrogen in a doctor's office.
"Eric Dane does not have cancer," his rep tells Us Weekly in its latest issue, on newsstands now. "He spoke with OK! to clear up some inaccuracies they were planning to run. His story certainly does not compare with those actually suffering from the disease."
Dane, a source tells Us was "mortified" by the cover. "Never in a million years would he have expected they would exploit his story," says the source. "He's considering legal action."
(A rep for OK! tells Us, "OK! has not been contacted about legal action.)
This isn't the first time OK! has been wrong. Last month, Jessica Simpson's lawyers sent a strongly-worded letter demanding a retraction for an article claiming beau Tony Romo dumped her because she was high-maintenance. "That rag completely fabricated and made up this story," rep Cindi Berger told Usmagazine.com.
In Touch, Life & Style, and Star have also reported fake news in their recent issues.
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Posted by Henry Seltzer at 12:02 pm ET
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9:00 PM
Anonymous Says:
5:39 PM
Anonymous Says:
Go to tanningtruth .com for more info
9:28 AM
Morgan Stanley Says:
More lies from OK! in the desperate search for sales. Clueless. Can't believe they didn't fire the Editor-in-Chief long ago.
7:48 PM
Django Says:
McSteamy is still beautiful but he may be at the beginning of some gnarly on-going skin cancer monitoring, treatment, and surgeries. Not fun.
So listen up, because the cautionary tale here happened to me. First I had so-called 'pre-cancerous cells' that the dermatologist froze off, only to have surgery a few years later to remove a full-on skin cancer when it came back.
The good news is that skin cancer when it's basal cell carcinoma is highly treatable and the treatment (removal) is usually the 'cure'. It's most often due to cumulative sun damage, and inheriting the gene that makes you more susceptible to damage, but by the time things start needing to be 'frozen' or removed with surgery, there can be lesion after lesion that come up like a little sore and doesn't go away. Depending on if they are on the face, head, shoulders, or body it can be done in the doctor's office. The ones that are in tricky places on the face - nose, around the eyes - sometimes need a plastic surgeon to do the repair.
And that's just the simple Basal Cell Carcinomas. At its worst, Malignant Melanoma is the most dangerous skin cancer - can also be caused from sun damage (or not) - and is life threatening; often spreads to internal organs (lungs) and requires radiation and chemotherapy to recover from it.
Lesson: GET ALL SUSPICIOUS THINGS ON YOUR SKIN CHECKED OUT EARLY, AND ALWAYS PROTECT YOU SKIN FROM THE SUN WITH GOOD PRODUCTS WITH CLEAR ZINC OXIDE OR AN EQUIVALENT.
That'll be $125. Class dismissed.
7:09 PM
Antinous Says:
I had six of those things frozen off a couple of weeks ago. I looked fine three days later. They're not cancer. They're just little crusty patches that will turn into cancer in about thirty years. Apparently Eric Dane lost ten pounds over the ordeal. Sadly, I still have to diet. Apparently health care is a lot more traumatic when you're pretty.
6:31 PM
Anonymous Says:
Yummy......
5:55 PM
Anony Says:
I remember reading the story and thinking..."This was not a BATTLE with CANCER, this was a cold sore gone wrong." I am glad it was the magazine, and not the actor making a big deal out of it.
5:42 PM
Anonymous Says:
Even if the tabloids like, Star, Life & Style, US Weekly & OK Weekly make up stories,? they're still good.
4:25 PM
Jewell Says:
I actually like OK! It's better than US, they're nicer to the celebs I find, not catty and their stories are better written.
Hmm, wonder if this story is true but he's now afraid of insurance cost skyrocking on Greys for him now (companyie freak about that, one reason why Lindsay Lohan having a hard time getting work), so perhaps he's denying it was actually Cancer, making it sound minor so the Greys producers don't freak and cut him out of the show. All Wouldn't be surprised that his agent and PR is downplaying it due to that.
4:08 PM
Anonymous Says:
US Magazine should be on the list of fake news stories, or tabs that have spin the tail of celebs. Many of us have noticed the spinning of stories.
2:49 PM
Anonymous Says:
It's a tabloid what did he freaking expect?
2:48 PM
I love Dane Says:
Ignore the non fans Eric, you got enough ladies who think about you all night long baby
2:36 PM
Uno Says:
It's funny that he let the story circulate for over a week before coming forward to say that it was false.
2:00 PM
cliquealtdelete Says:
No. It's enough to have a wife that does vehicular murder. Literally. "Wife's a killer, dude" takes on a whole new meaning for this dude.
1:57 PM
Meredith Says:
Hah! I love the way Us is doing their best to make the competing tabloids look like worthless rags. How many times has Us Weekly been threatened with legal action for fabricating stories? Too many to count, I'm sure.
1:53 PM
Anonymous Says:
EXCLUSIVE: Jenna Jameson do not have a man's weiner! Come on US - who else isn't pregnant? Jay Leno?
