John Tesh says it’s a miracle that he’s alive.
The “Entertainment Tonight” alum advised Page Six in an unique interview that in 2015, he was identified with “a rare form of cancer.”
“I was given 18 months to live,” he shared. “So, I’ve been fighting cancer successfully, still fighting it. It’s still under treatment, on and off.”
The former TV persona defined that he has a “rare form of prostate cancer, which is metastatic now.”
That means Tesh isn’t actually in remission however relatively “stable, which, he admitted, is a frightening thought.”
“They will let it grow for a little bit,” he shared, “and then get me back on treatment, back and forth. It’s called pulsing, and it’s scary until you get used to it because it’s like, ‘Why am I living with cancer?’”
Naturally, Tesh credit his docs on the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston for extending his life, however he additionally thanks his spouse, Connie Sellecca, whom he’s been married to for 34 years.
“Without my wife Connie, who has been my advocate over the years, I wouldn’t be talking,” he revealed. “I’d be dead. I would have been dead in 2015.”
The co-host-turned-musician additionally credit his religion with retaining him alive.
“We discovered in 2015 several scriptures in the Bible which were related directly to healing,” he divulged. “One of them was Mark 11:23, which was incredibly powerful and I have it tattooed on my arm.”
Meanwhile, Tesh, who gave up TV internet hosting duties in 1996 to focus on music, remains to be busy performing and writing music.
He not too long ago carried out his now-iconic NBA on NBC basketball theme “Roundball Rock” on the All-Star Game.
Besides music, Tesh additionally hosts a radio present, “Intelligence for Your Life,” which is heard on 350 stations.
