James Van Der Beek will not attend the “Dawson’s Creek” reunion charity event in New York on Monday, citing health complications linked to his ongoing cancer treatment.
In a statement posted to Instagram on Sunday, the 48-year-old actor said he had been sidelined by two stomach viruses and was unable to travel for the performance. Van Der Beek, who revealed a stage 3 colorectal cancer diagnosis in November 2024, described the setback as “gutting” but expressed gratitude to those supporting the cause.
“This is the evening I’d been looking forward to MOST since my angel Michelle Williams said she was putting it together, way back in January,” he wrote. “Despite every effort… I won’t get to be there. I won’t get to stand on that stage and thank every soul in the theater for showing up for me, and against cancer, when I needed it most.”
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