The Love Story star has delayed vital treatment on his grade two prostate cancer so he can promote his new memoir about his life with late girlfriend Farrah Fawcett – and he accepts the decision could prove costly to his health.
In a candid interview with U.S. news show Access Hollywood on Tuesday (01May12), O’Neal said, “The book cried out to be sold and so I decided to do that first and then I’ll address my cancers… I feel fine.”
Asked by host Billy Bush if he cares whether he lives or dies, O’Neal stated, “I don’t, frankly. I’ve lived a nice long life.”
But he does have a plan, adding, “Starting on May 10th I’m going to freeze my prostate.”
And O’Neal revealed that his cancer woes aren’t solely linked to his prostate.
Wearing a bandage on his nose, he explained, “I’m not done and I’m not that beaten down but… I have three cancers at the moment – on my face, in my prostate and I have chronic leukaemia, so I’m not so sure if I should get subscriptions to magazines for more than a year at a time.”