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Jeff Bridges He is sharing an update on his health following a cancer diagnosis in early 2021 and a severe case of Covid-19.
of The old man During the interview, the star recalled that he was filming the show for the first season AARP “He was doing those fight scenes in the first episode,” he said, not knowing he had “a 9-by-12-inch tumor in my body.”
Bridges will soon undergo chemotherapy, but in 2010 In January 2021, he was told that he had contracted Covid due to his weakened immune system due to cancer treatment.
“I had no immunity to fight back. Chemo wiped that out, which made it really, really hard,” he said. “For me, cancer was nothing compared to Covid.”
The actor said he was going into “evidence mode” and accepted that it was his turn at first.
“I don’t understand how you fight it. And I fought with surrender; This is not the same as giving up hope,” he added. “What I felt at the time was love. Love has definitely bought me through this time. Not only from the people around me, but also from the love I have for them in my heart. So what I did was give it to love, you know?”
Bridges will spend five months in hospital and other patients who have recovered from Covid have been treated with plasma. He calls his wife Sun an “absolute champion,” “She really fought to keep me off the ventilator.” I didn’t want to be on it, and the doctors didn’t necessarily want that. But Sue was determined.”
As the season The old man It begins, Bridges says, “and the tumor has shrunk to the size of a marble.”
“I’m really happy to have this recording,” he said, adding, “to talk and jam. To get back to doing what excites you – you feel good, man.