John Tesh Defies Odds Against Rare Cancer

Former Entertainment Tonight co-host John Tesh has revealed that he has far exceeded the wildest expectations of doctors who diagnosed him with a rare form of prostate more than a decade ago — even though he continues to live with the disease.

The 73-year-old anchor-turned-superstar musician told Page Six in a new interview that doctors initially thought he likely wouldn't live more than two years when he was previously diagnosed in 2015.

'I was given 18 months to live,' Tesh said. 'So, I’ve been fighting cancer successfully, still fighting it. It’s still under treatment, on and off.'

Despite a decade of successfully fighting his 'rare form of prostate cancer,' Tesh explained that the cancer 'is metastatic now.'

Tesh — who recently spoke about — clarified that he therefore can't say he's in remission. Instead, his cancer is now 'stable,' though he acknowledged that it's 'a frightening thought' to consider living with cancer still in his body.

In order to manage his condition now, he explained how his doctors at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston have used a start–stop method to attack the cancer. 

'They will let it grow for a little bit, and then get me back on treatment, back and forth,' Tesh shared. 'It’s called pulsing, and it’s scary until you get used to it because it’s like, "Why am I living with cancer?"'

Tesh understandably credited his crack team of doctors with extending his life years beyond what was initially thought possible. 

But he also highlighted just how important his second wife, Connie Sellecca, has been in helping him to survive and live with cancer.  

Winfrey has been with her longtime partner Stedman Graham since 1986; seen in 2019