Bruce Campbell Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Pictures Bruce Campbell is speaking out further after revealing his cancer diagnosis.
During a Sept. 2 appearance on The Adam Carolla Show, the Evil Dead actor said that he was given five years to live, “give or take,” after being diagnosed with cancer. He did not reveal which cancer he has been diagnosed with.
“With the type of cancer that I have, which I don’t want to get into, the current thing is a five-year deal,” Campbell said. “I’ve decided pretty specifically though to live with it, not die from it.”
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He went on to say that it can be easy to “go down a massive rabbit hole“ given “the cancer rabbit hole is enormous.” He explained, “You can go into focus groups of 10,000 guys who have exactly what you have. I won’t touch it with a 10-foot pole.”
Campbell‘s appearance on the podcast was to promote his new film, Ernie & Emma, which follows a small-town pear salesman following the death of his wife, Emma.
Despite his health, Campbell said he decided he wants to carry on with his life and live normally: “When I promote this movie, I have nothing. I’m free and clear when I promote this movie. You have to make this decision of, ‘Oh okay, but do I have to stop everything I’m doing because of this?’ Well no. So, it’s a sort of whack-a-mole life, literally.”
He added, “You don’t die from cancer, you die from what cancer does to you. It does weird shit and then you address it and move on.”
In March, Campbell publicly announced that he has a condition, which is “treatable not curable.”
In a social media post, the actor wrote, “Hi folks, these days, when someone is having a health issue, it’s referred to as an ‘opportunity,’ so let’s go with that — I’m having one of those. It’s also called a type of cancer that’s ‘treatable,’ not ‘curable.’ I apologize if that’s a shock — it was to me too.”
“The good news is, I’m not gonna go into any more detail,“ he continued. “I’m posting this because professionally, a few things will have to change — appearances and [fan conventions] and work in general need to take a back seat to treatment. My plan is to get as well as I possibly can over the summer so that I can tour with my new movie Ernie & Emma this fall.“
“That’s about it,” he concluded. “I’m not trying to enlist sympathy — or advice — I just want to get ahead of this information in case false information gets out (which it will). Fear not, I am a tough old son-of-a-bitch and I have great support, so I expect to be around a while. As always, you’re the greatest fans in the world and I hope to see you soon!”
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