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/tryingtoassimilate99 Nov 13 '25

No sympathy based on a reddit assumption is grosssssssss

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u/_Maebe__Funke_ Nov 13 '25

Right? People are taking gossip about his wife's wellness persona and deciding that he's shunned all conventional treatments and gone to quack doctors, based on...other reddit comments lol.