Dwayne Johnson had secret testicular cancer scare
Dwayne Johnson had a testicular cancer scare - but didn't even tell his wife until he got the all-clear.
Dwayne Johnson had a testicular cancer scare - but didn't even tell his wife.
The 54-year-old actor - who has Simone, 25, with first wife Dany Garcia and Jasmine, 10, and Tiana, eight, with spouse Lauren Hashian - discovered a "really painful" lump in his testicle while showering one recent Friday, and visited his doctor on the Monday morning, where he was told it was most likely epididymitis, inflimation of the empididymis, but he couldn't rule out something more sinister so was told he needed to book an ultrasound scan.
He admitted to the summer edition of Esquire magazine: "I didn’t even tell Lauren.
“I didn’t want to worry her before I knew if it was anything to even worry about."
The former wrestler faced an anxious wait because his commitments to promoting Jumanji: Open World with Kevin Hart and Jack Black meant he couldn't have the scan that day.
He said: “So I had to live with that for those twenty-four hours, not knowing—and I had to be on all day, joking around, making speeches."
Fotunately, Dwayne got the all clear after his scan.
He said: “I'm fine. But I didn't know that then, and the thing was really painful.”
And it wasn't only when he was promoting Jumanji that the star had to put on a brave face because he also spoke about filming his role as Maui in the live action Moana movie while going through "stuff" with his wife.
He said: "We’re going through our stuff. And you know that, hey, the end goal here is, We’re going to anchor in even stronger and make this thing work.
"The heartache of it from the moment you wake up and you know: I have to face this, and we have to face it together, when we decide to face it together—which we did - but first I had to go on set, and this character of Maui is a joy bomb.
"I’m trying to imbue this young girl, Moana, with confidence and power. And, and, and... every day is a mess.”
Fortunately, the couple were able to speak with someone they trust to help them through their problems and now they feel even stronger.
