Richard Simmons revealed he was diagnosed with skin cancer.
The reclusive fitness guru shared the news on Facebook Tuesday, just one day after concerning fans with a message about dying, which he later backtracked.
Simmons, 75, wrote that he recently noticed a “strange looking bump” under his right eye, which his dermatologist determined was basal cell carcinoma.
“I sat in his chair and he looked at it through a magnifying mirror. He told me he would have to scrape it and put it under the microscope. Now I am getting a little bit nervous,” he recalled. “He comes back about 20 minutes later and says the C word. You have cancer. I asked him what kind of cancer and he said. Basel [sic] Cell Carcinoma. I told him to stop calling me dirty names. He laughed.”
After joking that the doctor suggested Botox to fix wrinkles in his forehead and around his mouth,
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