{"id":65479,"date":"2025-10-10T09:17:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/65479\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T09:17:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:17:10","slug":"james-van-der-beek-is-clinging-to-his-positivity-amid-cancer-battle-actor-wants-to-keep-working","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/65479\/","title":{"rendered":"James Van Der Beek Is \u2018Clinging to His Positivity\u2019 Amid Cancer Battle, Actor \u2018Wants to Keep Working\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Brave James Van Der Beek is looking increasingly frail as he battles advanced colorectal cancer \u2014 but sources say his determination is inspiring his fellow Dawson\u2019s Creek costars, even though they heartbreakingly had to hold the show\u2019s recent reunion without him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Katie Holmes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DO9M__vD3mL\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MXJiZnV4bDBuM2ptag==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:cited;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">cited<\/a> the cast\u2019s \u201ceverlasting bond\u201d during the emotionally charged gathering at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in New York City, and tears flowed when the actor\u2019s wife, Kimberly, and their six children made a surprise appearance onstage.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\" &lt;span class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;Getty Images&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/16679c3c280988f52c5b37a1de2f4e15.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">They joined the original cast \u2014 including Michelle Williams, Joshua Jackson, Mary Beth Peil, John Wesley Shipp, Mary-Margaret Humes, Nina Repeta, Kerr Smith, Meredith Monroe and Busy Philipps \u2014 plus Lin-Manuel Miranda as a last-minute replacement for James.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe\u2019s staying positive and upbeat and doesn\u2019t want anyone to worry about it, he\u2019s got this,\u201d says an insider.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe\u2019s still doing everything he can work-wise and wants to keep working. He\u2019s being a rock-solid friend to everyone who knows him, a perfect colleague and husband and an amazing dad to his kids. Looking at him, though, you know he\u2019s poorly and he\u2019s upset he couldn\u2019t make the reunion in person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\" &lt;span class=&quot;wp-caption-text&quot;&gt;Getty Images&lt;\/span&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"1021\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/8dc14bb9b785950a7025c43851d9796e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p> Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Late last year, James, 48, received the shocking diagnosis of stage 3 colorectal cancer. Although he had intended to join his costars at their first reunion in 22 years \u2014 a cancer fundraiser event involving a live read-through of the iconic teen show\u2019s pilot episode \u2014 he pulled out days before after two stomach viruses laid him low.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI have been looking forward to this night for months and months,\u201d he shared in a surprise video during the reunion. \u201cI can\u2019t believe I\u2019m not there. I can\u2019t believe I don\u2019t get to see my castmates, my beautiful cast in person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sources noted it was difficult for everyone to see James in such a weakened state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThey\u2019re proud of him for being a fighter and an optimist, but still he\u2019s very ill and they\u2019re worried about him regardless of what he says,\u201d adds a source. \u201cBut James is clinging to his positivity and refuses to let go while hoping for that miracle!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story <a href=\"https:\/\/globemagazine.com\/james-van-der-beek-is-clinging-to-his-positivity-amid-cancer-battle-actor-wants-to-keep-working\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:James Van Der Beek Is \u2018Clinging to His Positivity\u2019 Amid Cancer Battle, Actor \u2018Wants to Keep Working\u2019;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">James Van Der Beek Is \u2018Clinging to His Positivity\u2019 Amid Cancer Battle, Actor \u2018Wants to Keep Working\u2019<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/globemagazine.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Globe;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Globe<\/a>. Add Globe as a <a href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=globemagazine.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brave James Van Der Beek is looking increasingly frail as he battles advanced colorectal cancer \u2014 but sources&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65480,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[458,21066,31200,146,1077,85,46,26796,31201,26801,26800,1241,31202,47682,26798,12983,47681],"class_list":{"0":"post-65479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-colorectal-cancer","10":"tag-dawsons-creek","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-getty-images","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-israel","15":"tag-james-van-der-beek","16":"tag-john-wesley-shipp","17":"tag-joshua-jackson","18":"tag-katie-holmes","19":"tag-lin-manuel-miranda","20":"tag-mary-beth-peil","21":"tag-mary-margaret-humes","22":"tag-meredith-monroe","23":"tag-michelle-williams","24":"tag-richard-rodgers-theatre"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}