{"id":316196,"date":"2025-11-30T10:10:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T10:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/316196\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T10:10:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T10:10:09","slug":"hgtv-star-hilary-farr-addresses-devastating-health-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/316196\/","title":{"rendered":"HGTV star Hilary Farr addresses &#8216;devastating&#8217; health rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HGTV star Hilary Farr was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/29\/entertainment\/beloved-hgtv-star-hilary-farr-breaks-silence-on-devastating-health-rumors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">forced to address \u201cdevastating\u201d health rumors<\/a> after AI-generated images showing her in declining health began circulating online. <\/p>\n<p>Farr, 74, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRi4h07jjks\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">took to Instagram<\/a> on Thursday to respond to the \u201cfake beyond words\u201d report, sharing a screenshot of the claim that she was being treated for cancer. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTa daaa,\u201d she opened the clip, appearing in front of the image with a green screen effect. \u201cI\u2019m alive. Very, very, very much so alive and well, I\u2019m happy to say,\u201d Farr continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at this thing, really?!\u201d she said of the \u201ccrazy, AI stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hilary Farr responded to \u201cfake beyond words\u201d rumors of her declining health on Thursday.  WireImage<\/p>\n<p>The HGTV star was forced to address the rumors after AI-generated images of the star began circulating online.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The fake report showed four images of Farr \u2014 one of which showed her wearing a hospital gown and oxygen mask with a headline that read, \u201cShe might not make it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe physician caring for Hilary Farr\u2019s cancer has provided a devastating update on her health: \u2018She might never be seen on TV in the future,&#8217;\u201d the report was captioned. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, look at this thing. Really. It\u2019s so badly done,\u201d the \u201cLove it or List it\u201d host continued in the video. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope none of you would really take any of this seriously and realize it is just fake beyond words.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The altered photo showed Farr wearing a hospital gown and an oxygen mask with a headline that read: \u201cShe might not make it.\u201d  Instagram\/@hilary_farr<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope none of you would really take any of this seriously and realize it is just fake beyond words,\u201d she said in her video.  NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I\u2019m here to prove that. So, just checking in. All\u2019s good with me, hope all\u2019s good with you,\u201d she closed. <\/p>\n<p>Many of the TV personality\u2019s fans hopped in the comments section expressing their relief over the good news and praising the star for calling out AI-generated scams. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThank God you are healthy and thank you for setting the record straight!\u201d one fan commented, wishing her and her family happy holidays.<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote, \u201cNice to see you! This AI stuff is getting old and out of hand! So happy you\u2019re addressing it! Enjoy your Thanksgiving weekend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farr previously revealed in 2021 that she secretly battled breast cancer after her 2014 diagnosis.  NBCU Photo Bank\/NBCUniversal via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>She has reportedly been in remission since 2022.  GC Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so happy you\u2019re good!\u201d another Instagram user shared. \u201cIt would break my heart to hear any of that was true. Rock on Hilary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Farr previously revealed in 2021 that she secretly battled breast cancer after her 2014 diagnosis, <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/health\/love-it-or-list-its-hilary-farr-reveals-breast-cancer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">per People.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>She\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DPM_z1pjszJ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">has reportedly been in remission<\/a>\u00a0since 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HGTV star Hilary Farr was forced to address \u201cdevastating\u201d health rumors after AI-generated images showing her in declining&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[276,49,48,361,20164,362,5784,75,100967,140782,890,348],"class_list":["post-316196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-illnesses","tag-celebrity-news","tag-celebrity-social-media","tag-entertainment","tag-hgtv","tag-hoaxes","tag-lifestyle","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}