Ryan Seacrest is getting candid.
Seacrest, 50, acquired emotional and teared up throughout a July 21 broadcast of “On Air With Ryan Seacrest,” whereas speaking about his father, Gary Seacrest, 80, who’s battling prostate most cancers.
Through the radio program, the “American Idol” host confessed that he’s “never really spoken about this.”
The “Wheel of Fortune” host had beforehand talked about his father’s well being, however hadn’t shared many particulars or private emotions about it till now.
In a 2021 Instagram publish, he stated that Gary had been “battling cancer for several years.”
On the time, they thought it was “no longer detectable,” however on Monday’s episode he tearfully admitted that his father’s most cancers “got worse and it spread.”
The previous “Live with Kelly and Ryan” co-host stated that when this occurs to a beloved one, it’s “a hard thing to see, because the treatments that are commonly recommended can be barbaric to the system. They can cause so much damage to your body in other ways.”
Gary additionally acquired pneumonia whereas present process chemotherapy, Ryan stated.
Throughout “American Idol” final season, he stated that his sister, Meredith, known as him to say, “Dad is in the ICU,” and “How fast can you get here?”
After he completed “American Idol,” he recalled flying to Atlanta to go to the hospital.
“The night that I got there, the conversation they were having with [my father] about an emergency surgery was a life or death conversation, and I’ve never seen my strong, very smart father with the look on his face that he had — and the concern, and looking at me to help guide what decisions should be made in this moment,” Ryan stated.
Gary determined to not have surgical procedure, however Ryan caught round on the time and broadcast “On Air with Ryan Seacrest” from his Atlanta resort.
“When you see a parent suffering and when you see them going through this and you don’t understand it yourself, you’re just listening to all the different doctors and trying to make sense of what they’re trying to suggest and do,” he stated.
The “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve With Ryan Seacrest” host stated about his father: “He could not get up to sit. He could not eat. He could not drink water. He could not go to the bathroom. Weeks go by in ICU and finally he began to get some strength back.”
Ryan’s mom, Connie, can also be in remission after a most cancers battle, which made him need to assist out extra, he added.
“I needed her to take a break,” Seacrest stated. “When you’re a kid, no one tells you how to handle this with your parents.”
He added that his dad and mom have been married “for over 55 years. They’ve got each other and the pneumonia is gone, but his cancer is not.”
Gary was launched earlier this month and is house in Atlanta, the prolific TV host stated.
He revealed that he’s flown from Los Angeles to Atlanta each weekend to go to his father, who struggled to face up from his chair.
Getting emotional and saying, “I’m embarrassed,” Ryan added, “I got the most powerful, good, happy picture from my dad and my mother, who was with him. They went to a beach to sit outside. They just went to look at the water. They can’t do much, but I saw him smile. I saw my mom smile.”
Ryan ended by saying, “Cancer affects every one of us in some ways. And it sucks. And the treatments suck … treatments are tough. But I know he’s going to get through this.”
