James Van Der Beek is doing his half to make most cancers therapy extra reasonably priced for himself and others.
The 47-year-old actor, who revealed his colorectal most cancers prognosis final month, introduced over the weekend that he’s promoting merch from his 1999 film “Varsity Blues” to lift cash for most cancers therapy prices, together with his personal.
Van Der Beek wore a jersey with the final identify of his character, Jonathan “Mox” Moxon, written on it in his Instagram put up.
“Merch drop! Excited to celebrate the 25th anniversary of #VarsityBlues with a limited edition #4 Moxon jersey—each one personally autographed by me. Grab yours now at the link in my bio or head over to JVDB.Shop,” he wrote.
“100% of my net proceeds will go to families recovering from the financial burden of cancer (including my own 😇),” Van Der Beek added.
The “Dawson’s Creek” alum additionally posted the announcement on his Instagram Tales. “Order now & get a signed one in time for Christmas,” he wrote, including, “#CancerIsExpensive ❤️.”
Van Der Beek performed the backup quarterback within the coming-of age sports activities movie a couple of small-town highschool soccer workforce in Texas.
Jon Voight, Paul Walker, Ali Larter, Amy Good, Ron Lester and Scott Caan additionally starred within the film.
Van Der Beek introduced that he’s battling stage 3 colorectal most cancers in an interview with Individuals initially of November.
“The trickiest thing is there are so many unknowns with cancer,” he advised the outlet. “You think, ‘How do I fix this? Is this healing me? Is this hurting me? Is this working? Is it coming back?’ As someone who likes answers, not knowing is one of the hardest things.”
The daddy of six mentioned he obtained his prognosis after noticing a change in bowel habits after which getting a colonoscopy.
“I felt really good coming out of anesthesia, that I’d finally done it,” he defined. “Then the gastroenterologist said — in his most pleasant bedside manner — that it was cancer. I think I went into shock.”
Van Der Beek didn’t share what levels of restoration or remission he’s in, however he did say he’s “very cautiously optimistic” about his most cancers battle.
The “Dancing with the Stars” alum additionally mentioned that he went public together with his prognosis after protecting it a secret at first as a result of he “really wanted to raise awareness.”
Van Der Beek’s spouse, Kimberly, has proven the actor help since his prognosis.
The couple, who’ve been married since 2010 and have six children, at present stay in Texas after transferring from Los Angeles in 2020.
