THIS RIGHT CROSS CLOBBERS CANCER
Marlboro-raised actress Marcia Cross caught us all off guard when she recently revealed on social media that she’s recovering from anal cancer.
“So grateful and happy to be alive but sad that my hair fell out and is about 1 inch long now and looks cra cra,” Cross posted on Instagram, sharing a pouty-faced photo of herself with short, wispy locks — the result of treatment.
Followers were at first confused by the pic and accompanying caption, especially because, up until this point, the “Desperate Housewives” alum had never whispered a word of her illness. Cross followed up on her initial Instagram post for clarity, explaining that the worst is already behind her.
“I am so sorry my post wasn’t clear. I am POST cancer,” she wrote. “All good now. Hard journey, but I am HEALTHY, happy, and more present and grateful than ever. Thank you from the bottom of my ever expanding heart for all of your LOVE.”
In response to the redhead’s revelation, the star received an outpouring of support and well wishes. Once again, she returned to the social network to give thanks and share how a sense of relief has washed over her now that she’s gone public about her health.
“After posting a picture of myself here and uttering the words #cancer and #hairloss, I felt liberated, deliriously free and completely me,” she wrote in a third post. “How or why this simple act gave me such a powerful lift I did not question, but I thanked God or whatever gave me the internal push to move forward and expose myself.”
“I certainly wasn’t expecting the response of love and kindness that flowed to me,” she continued. “My capacity to receive requires a massive expansion! I am ecstatically alive and what interests me post cancer is #AUTHENTICITY. #VULNERABILITY. #TRANSPARENCY. And of course #LOVE.”