Christopher Reeve’s son, Will Reeve, revealed Tuesday that he was diagnosed with testicular cancer.
The 34-year-old “Good Morning America” correspondent reassured viewers “right off the top” that he is “OK,” explaining that he underwent treatment for the disease over the summer.
“The diagnosis was a shock and the treatments were a slog,” Reeve said. “Today, though, I am relieved to announce that we arrived at our destination and this cancer is in the rearview mirror. But what a journey.”
Christopher Reeve’s son, pictured above in May 2004, said he discovered a “hard, tender lump” in his left testicle four months after marrying Amanda Dubin in January.
At his wife’s urging, Will underwent an ultrasound, which revealed a mass that needed to be removed.
He underwent an orchiectomy in May to remove
Will also underwent two rounds of chemotherapy as part of his treatment.
He later had another surgery to remove dozens of lymph nodes from his abdomen in an effort to prevent the cancer from spreading.
The procedure took place at Memorial Sloan Kettering, the same hospital where his mother, Dana Reeve, died from lung cancer in 2006 at age 44, two years after Christopher Reeve’s death at 52.
Will described chemotherapy as a “necessary choice” to reduce the risk of the cancer returning. During treatment, he experienced several side effects, including ringing in his ears, night sweats, blood clots, persistent headaches and bone pain.
However, Will made clear that his treatment was successful, saying, “We arrived at our destination and this cancer is in the rearview mirror.”
He also revealed that he did not lose his hair during chemotherapy thanks to cold capping. Before treatment, he banked sperm so that he and Dubin may be able to start a family in the future through in vitro fertilization.
Will, who said he received “clean scans” on Sept. 8, shared additional details about his health battle in an interview with People, explaining that although he is “going to be fine,” the experience marked “one heck of a chapter” in his life.
“I’m fortunate that I caught this early,” he said. “Yes, I had to jump through some flaming hoops to get to the other side, but it could have been much worse had I ignored it or delayed going to the doctor.”
He also praised Dubin for serving as his “caregiver” throughout the ordeal, drawing a comparison to his mother, Dana Reeve, who cared for Christopher Reeve after the “Superman” actor was paralyzed in a 1995 horseback-riding accident.
The ABC personality also revealed that he banked sperm so he and his wife, Amanda Dubin, can start a family in the future.
Will said the experience gave him a deeper understanding of what his father went through during the final nine years of his life, when Dana Reeve and the rest of the family cared for him.
He added that his parents taught him how to face adversity and “repurpose it into something hopeful.”
Dubin, meanwhile, described her husband’s cancer battle as “early validation” that the couple can “tackle anything” together.
The pair went public with their relationship in April 2023 and became engaged in November 2024 before tying the knot in Miami in January.
