James Van Der Beek and his spouse, Kimberly Van Der Beek, are absorbing the vacation season.
Kimberly, 43, took to Instagram on Sunday, December 21, to share a comfortable photograph of James, 48, along with his arm wrapped round her. “Me and my bae @vanderjames,” she captioned the glad snap which seemed to be taken exterior their Texan ranch.
The photograph, which confirmed James wearing a heat winter knit paired with unfastened pants and Kimberly donning a full-length cherry-red gown, comes a number of days after James publicly addressed fan concern over the numerous weight he has misplaced amid his two-year most cancers battle.
Interviewed for the Friday, December 19, episode of the Right this moment present, James touched on the fan concern after talking about his absence from the Dawson’s Creek dwell studying staged in New York Metropolis in September. “I’d misplaced a lot weight due to the abdomen virus,” he stated on the present, clarifying that the change in his look was “not cancer-related.”
James added, “Though with most cancers, the whole lot’s like, ‘Why don’t we supersize that abdomen virus?’”
The interview additionally included James’ reflections on his well being as he recalled the second he was recognized with colorectal most cancers, which he publicly introduced in November 2024. “I went into shock. However you understand, one of many issues I used to be actually fortunate about was as quickly as I heard the information, I assumed, ‘That is gonna be the very best factor to ever occur to me.’ … I had this little voice in my head that stated, ‘You’re gonna make modifications in your life that you’d by no means, ever make when you didn’t have this excessive of a prognosis, and it’s gonna add wholesome, glad years to your life,’” he advised the outlet.
The actor additionally attributed essential life classes to his most cancers journey. “I don’t suppose I knew what it was to decelerate earlier than … to actually have a look at the whole lot I eat, the whole lot I put in my physique. Actually, the most important change I’d say can be this journey of self-love. What I noticed was, I’m nonetheless worthy of affection. My very own love, God’s love,” he defined.
James Van Der Beek is paying tribute to his family members amid his battle with Stage III colorectal most cancers battle. Reflecting on his “powerful yr” after receiving the prognosis, the actor, 47, confirmed gratitude for his spouse, Kimberly, 42, their six kids (Olivia, 14, Joshua, 12, Annabel, 10, Emilia, 8, Gwen, 6, and Jeremiah, 3) […]
The interview additionally noticed James element the help that Kimberly and the couple’s six kids — Olivia, 15, Joshua, 13, Annabel, 11, Emilia, 9, Gwendolyn, 7, and Jeremiah, 4 — have supplied within the wake of his prognosis.
“I’d not be alive had been it not for my spouse,” he stated. “She [Kimberly] has simply stepped up as a caretaker, as a nurse, as head of the family. After which the children, as a lot as I need to defend them from them seeing me in any type of ache … you understand that resilience will not be solely one thing they’ve and may construct, however is the very best factor for them.”
James revealed his prognosis in an Instagram submit that famous he had taken time to share the information with followers. “I’ve been coping with this privately till now, getting remedy and dialing in my general well being with higher focus than ever earlier than,” the actor wrote within the November 2024 submit. “I’m in a very good place and feeling robust. It’s been fairly the initiation, and I’ll let you know extra after I’m prepared. … Please know that my household and I deeply admire all of the love and help.”
