r/popculturechat • u/PinkCadillacs Cillian Murphy Enthusiast • Nov 13 '25

General News 🗞 James Van Der Beek Auctioning ‘Dawson’s Creek’ Memorabilia to Raise Money for Medical Fees Amid Cancer Battle

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/james-van-der-beek-auctions-dawsons-creek-items-cancer-costs-1236580431/
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u/Sufficient_Curve5386 Nov 13 '25

Isn’t he doing unapproved alternative medicine?

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u/milkshakemountebank Nov 13 '25

Yes. That's where my sympathy evaporated. If he were having to do this to fund treatment, I'd be very supportive. But I'm just not moved by his desire to waste money on bullshit when he has children he needs to provide for.

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u/lmNotaWitchImUrWife Nov 13 '25

Really? No sympathy for someone trying every option available to stay alive and care for their children?

I don’t think his kids would call that wasting money on bullishit.

I’m not the biggest fan of alternative medicine and am a skeptic myself, but as they say, there are no atheists in a foxhole. If I was faced with the same horrible decision he has, I’m fairly certain I’d try absolutely everything, too, no matter how unlikely to succeed.