While co-hosting “Live! with Regis and Kelly” on Tuesday morning, veteran news anchor Bryant Gumbel revealed that he had a secret surgery to remove a malignant tumor in his chest, shocking Kelly Ripa and a national audience. The treatment included removing a part of his lung.
Per People:
“We had told a few people, we told my family, obviously. I even kept it from my staff at Real Sports. So I’m okay for the time being,” he said. “I’m hoping they greenlight me to play golf again.”
Gumbel said that he had surgery last month to relieve a malignant tumor in his chest, a revelation prompted only when Ripa asked him to dance and he said that he couldn’t. Gumble is subbing this week for Regis Philbin, who last week underwent surgery himself – a successful hip replacement. The prognosis for Gumbel so far has been encouraging.
Per TV Plus:
“The pathology on most of the stuff came up benign but enough of the aggressive cells had escaped the tumor that it warranted some treatment. I went through that and it’s over now. We hope that it’s over and done.”
We hope it is, too!
