In a recent interview on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, Julia Louis-Dreyfus opened up about being diagnosed with breast cancer, and why it left her "howling laughing".
In a recent interview on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, Julia Louis-Dreyfus opened up about being diagnosed with breast cancer, and why it left her "howling laughing".
She is an American actress, comedian, producer, and singer — best known for her role in the classic sitcom, Seinfeld.
Unfortunately, Julia was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2017 — which she opened up about in a recent interview with Dax Shepard.
Until she discovered an abnormality in her breast on her own — not during a routine mammogram.
She is now currently in remission, after undergoing six rounds of chemotherapy.
She described the "true fear" she felt during the unraveling of these events.
“What the hell is that? That’s so weird," she thought to herself at the time.
“Yeah, I guess so. That’s weird,” she responded. But then explained that things very quickly "hit the fan".
Just a couple of days later, on the Friday before the 2017 Emmys — when the show Julia was on, Veep, won "Outstanding Comedy Series" and she, herself, won "Outstanding Lead Actress" in a Comedy Series — she was biopsied.
"Then we had the Emmys. You have to go to all those parties — I don’t remember any of it, I was on autopilot."
“I will admit to you I started howling laughing,” she said, pointing out the irony of winning a career-making award one day and being diagnosed with cancer the next.
“Talk about a lens changer,” she said. “Everything [else] falls off. Everything.”
That was very quickly followed by profound clarity.
“Everything that is precious becomes clear," she said.
“1 in 8 women get breast cancer. Today, I’m the one," she wrote. "The good news is I have the most glorious group of supportive and caring family and friends, and fantastic insurance through my union."
“It’s a lot of people. It’s a lot of women. Men get breast cancer. Cancer is a big business, man,” Julia told Dax.
"It sounds nasty the way I’m saying but [it was like]: Jesus Christ, look what’s going on here.”
“I definitely chose the right guy. He’s a really steadfast, calm, confident, morally-centered person. He was raised well. I’m not suggesting it is always easy, but together we’ve been bound to one another and we just carry on," she said.