Amanda Peet gave a positive update on her life after her breast cancer diagnosis.
On Tuesday, March 31, he will appear Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohenfan question asked how Your Friends and Neighbors the actor, 54, was feeling.
“Thanks Eric, I’m doing great,” Peet told Cohen, 57, in response to the question. The fan also asked Peet, who revealed that he is in 2025 in time New Yorker An article published on March 21, about the important advice he received as a result of his diagnosis.
“Great advice, I’d say, ‘Enjoy it while we’re here,'” Peet replied, to which Cohen agreed before adding, “That’s something you have to live by every day.”
Peet’s essay explained that she was informed of her diagnosis “last fall” after having what she thought would be a “routine scan” that checked the health of her breast. “I’ve been told for years that I have ‘dense’ and ‘busy’ breasts—not as a compliment but as a warning that they need more work,” she wrote before revealing that her doctor “didn’t like the way it looked on the ultrasound.”
After the biopsy, Peet recalled how his sample was hand delivered to the pathology department for review. “I knew then,” Peet wrote, noting that her doctor shared the news of her stage 1 breast cancer results the next day. “The tumor ‘appeared’ small, but I would need an MRI after the holiday weekend to determine the ‘extent of the disease.’
An MRI showed the second mass was finally benign, meaning Peet was not advised to undergo a double mastectomy or chemotherapy. “I would only need a lumpectomy and radiation,” he wrote. Once his radiation course was complete, Peet returned for a clear scan in January.
Nicole Eggert isn’t afraid to speak publicly — and frankly — about her battle with cancer. In January 2024, the Baywatch alum revealed that she was diagnosed with stage II cribriform carcinoma breast cancer last month. Eggert explained that she was doing a self-examination when she found a lump in her breast, but didn’t see it. […]
Later that month, Peet’s mother, who was on the deathbed, died.
Unfortunately, Peet’s father died in 2025 during Peet’s ordeal with cancer. He reflected on his story, writing, “As soon as my father’s body was out of sight, I was relieved to be scared of my cancer again.”
In interview no E! Newspublished on Tuesday, March 24, Peet opened up about sharing his diagnosis with his children. (Pete and husband David Benioffproducer of Game of Thrones(They share daughters Frances, 19, and Molly, 15, and son, Henry, 11.)
“They were doing well,” he told the outlet. “I had to put myself together before I put them together. What was difficult was realizing that nothing was certain and we wouldn’t have enough time to tell them.”
