James Van Der Beek, Father of 6, Bought Vasectomy Earlier than Most cancers Prognosis

James Van Der Beek underwent a medical process to assist a significant household resolution a lot earlier than studying of his most cancers prognosis.

The Dawson’s Creek alum says he had a vasectomy carried out a number of years in the past after he and his spouse determined their household was full. James, who has six kids—Olivia, 14, Joshua, 12, Annabel, 10, Emilia, 8, Gwen, 6, and Jeremiah, 3—with Kimberly Van Der Beek, revealed the information days after he shared he was identified in 2023 with stage 3 colorectal most cancers.

“We had one deliberate little one,” the 47-year-old instructed Folks in feedback revealed Nov. 9. “One was one hundred pc on function. The one factor we actually sucked at was not getting pregnant.”

He additionally shared what his and Kimberly’s youngest daughter, Gwen, instructed him after he instructed the youngsters that “Daddy has some surgical procedure on his non-public components, so simply be actually cautious whenever you run as much as me to not stumble upon something.”

“And my youngest daughter appeared me straight within the eye,” James recalled, “and stated, ‘Daddy, I hope your vagina feels higher.'”