Michael Douglas has been open about his battle with cancer, sharing several personal and intimate details about how it developed and how his treatment was progressing, but the actor is now admitting he lied about a major aspect of his health battle. © 2020 ABC News Internet Ventures. Experts say it could be harmful. Douglas made the revelation to fellow actor Samuel L. Jackson in a segment that aired Friday as part of Male Cancer Awareness Week on "This Morning," a British talk show. Michael Douglas admitted that he lied about having throat cancer in a recent on-camera conversation with fellow actor, golfer and cancer activist Samuel L. Jackson. People are editing photos of celebrities to give them Instagram-inspired faces.
Contrary to what he'd always said, Douglas did not have throat cancer after all. Michael Douglas, Catherine Zeta-Jones Separate, Michael Douglas Finds Silver Lining in Cancer Flap, Michael Douglas' Rep Denies Cunnilingus-Cancer Story (Update), Michael Douglas Lied About Throat Cancer – It Was Tongue Cancer (Video), Kayleigh McEnany Apologizes After Falsely Claiming Amy Coney Barrett Was a Rhodes Scholar: ‘My Bad’, Can’t leave the house? The truth was that  he’d really had tongue cancer, but said that it was throat cancer. Michael Douglas 'Working Things Out' With Catherine Zeta-Jones, "Most people, including producers and studios, may not be too happy to hire an actor or an actress with a tongue cancer," Genden, who has not treated Douglas, said. But, he thought he needed to tell the media that he had cancer. Michael Douglas, 69, revealed the truth about the type of cancer he had when he was interviewed with Samuel L. Jackson on This Morning, a popular UK talk show. In  2013, Michael Douglas garnered an Emmy for his performance as Liberace in Behind the Candelabra (HBO). Douglas won an Emmy Award this year for his starring role in HBO's Liberace bio-pic "Behind the Candelabra.".

All rights reserved. His father wanted to play the role of McMurphy in it, but instead, Michael told him that he thought he’d be too old for the role, so he had Jack Nicholson play McMurphy. Michael Douglas has been open about his battle with cancer. The movie also starred DeVito, who Douglas had shared an apartment with at one time during the 1960s. ', Michael Douglas’ Rep: He Didn’t Say Oral Sex Caused His Cancer. Also read: Michael Douglas’ Rep: He Didn’t Say Oral Sex Caused His Cancer, Douglas recalled his doctor helping him make the decision to be misleading: “He said, ‘Let’s just say it’s throat cancer,” Douglas recanted. Join Facebook to connect with Lied Doug and others you may know. Michael Douglas' Throat Cancer Tied to Oral Sex? It gave Robert Zemeckis, the film’s director, his first box-office winner. In 2009, he also won the AFI Life Achievement Award. “‘We don’t want to say it’s tongue cancer.’”. ', Oscar-nominated actor unmasks himself in strangest 'Masked Singer' reveal yet, Chrissy Teigen and John Legend receive condolences after heartbreaking pregnancy loss, Fans Stunned As He Blurts Out Why He Left Bonanza. By Douglas Cobb on October 12, 20131 Comment. Michael Douglas has been honored with many awards, such as four Golden Globes Awards. At least, it seemed to be a good one at the time — he didn’t want it to get out that his acting career might be over, if he had to face surgery which might disfigure his face. And I said 'OK, sure,'" Douglas told Jackson. He just wasn’t fully honest. Michael Douglas has been open about his battle with cancer, sharing several personal and intimate details about how it developed and how his treatment was progressing, but the actor is now admitting he lied about a major aspect of his health battle.. Michael Douglas lied about the type of cancer he had, saying that he had throat cancer instead of tongue cancer, but he had a good reason for doing so. Michael Douglas Lied about His Throat Cancer added by Douglas Cobb on October 12, 2013View all posts by Douglas Cobb →, ‘Cuties’ Sparks Call to Cancel Netflix for Sexualizing Young Girls, Feminist Icon Helen Reddy Passes Away at 78, AG William Barr’s Words Are “God Awful” Says Rep. Jim Clyburn, President Trump Debates Joe Biden for Presidential Race, Chicago Bears Changing of the Guard [Video], Joe Biden Camp Agrees to Trump’s Bombastic Request for a Urine Test, Bloomberg Pays 1000s of Florida’s Ex-Felons’ Fines Restoring Voting Rights, Federal Judge Orders 2020 Census Counting to Continue Through October 31, Portland Under State of Emergency Proud Boys Return to Terrorize BLM. Douglas, 69, said he was getting ready for a European tour to promote his movie "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps," when he got the cancer diagnosis in 2010. The actor has had a long and distinguished career.

He had tongue cancer, but lied about it because of fears that the potential treatment could be disfiguring, resulting in harm to his career. Dr. Eric Genden, chairman of the Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery Department at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, told " Good Morning America" that the traditional approach for treating tongue cancer can have a significant impact on a patient's looks. So Douglas told the world about his disease. According to Douglas, his surgeon told him “Let’s just say it’s throat cancer.” Douglas’ doctor had found a tumor the size of a walnut at the base of the actor’s tongue. Michael Douglas lied about the type of cancer he had, saying that he had throat cancer instead of tongue cancer, but he had a good reason for doing so.