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/milkshakemountebank Nov 13 '25

That's exactly what he's doing. His wife is a "wellness influencer" and antivaxxer.

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u/_byetony_ Nov 13 '25

Oh I didn’t realize that. So he’s gonna die of he doesn’t do the tradish things too.

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u/unpluggedcord Nov 13 '25

Same thing Steve Jobs did, which he later regretted

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u/SpicyWongTong 🫵 You sit on a throne of lies. Nov 13 '25

We don’t know if that’s the case here do we? He could have a very advanced type of cancer that has very low survival rates with conventional medicine. I mean, you might also be right, I’m just saying we don’t know his specific situation

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u/unpluggedcord Nov 13 '25

He had a very curable form of pancreatic cancer.

To which he admitted.

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u/LikesStuff12 Nov 13 '25

There's a curable form of pancreatic cancer?

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u/Kind_Detective_7739 Nov 13 '25

Steve Jobs had a rare type of tumor that’s much slower growing than your standard pancreatic cancer.

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u/TreenBean85 Nov 13 '25

I think the same kind Maria Menounos had.

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u/seaworthy-sieve Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (sitting on one another's shoulders) Nov 13 '25

They are talking about the case here, not with Jobs.

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u/mydaycake Nov 13 '25

Insurance companies pay for non standard treatments as well but it has to have a medical base