Evil Dead’s Bruce Campbell says he goes through life ‘not thinking’ he has cancer, has ‘tons of hope’

Shelby StivaleTue, July 28, 2026 at 3:54 PM UTC

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Bruce Campbell shared an update on his cancer journey months after announcing his diagnosis.

“It’s a bit of a whack-a-mole life that I have to get used to,” the actor said on Tuesday’s episode of the Inside of You podcast.

He added that he is “doing as well as you can do for having cancer.”

Evil Deadstar Bruce Campbell isn’t letting his cancer diagnosis define him.

“I think I’m doing as well as you can do for having cancer,” the actor began on Tuesday’s episode of the Inside of You With Michael Rosenbaum podcast. “I go through most of my day not thinking that I have any cancer. It’s a bit of a whack-a-mole life that I have to get used to.”

Campbell joked that during the “early months” of his illness, there was a lot of “bad” information thrown at him.

“For breakfast, we’d have a s--- sandwich with a side of what the f---,” he quipped. “That was a couple month period where the information would come in all of it’s cryptic or bad or whatever.”

Campbell continued, “It’s a lot of schooling I didn’t want to go to. It’s a lot of meetings I didn’t want to go to.”

Bruce Campbell in “The Evil Dead”Credit: Courtesy Everett

The Burn Noticealum told listeners that cancer meetings were “the most boring of all and time consuming.” He said “you have to show up” because of the scans.

“The clinical phrase that — I love these phrases — it’s treatable, not curable,” Campbell added. “It’ll be something that will be with me until I croak, which, with treatment, is earlier than you want to croak.”

Campbell’s plan is to “do treatment that I can deal with and that works” as of now.

“But your body’s pretty smart, apparently,” he said. “If your body wants to kill you, it’ll f---ing kill you.”

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Campbell took to social media in March to announce his cancer diagnosis.

“These days, when someone is having a health issue, it’s referred to as an ‘opportunity,’ so let’s go with that — I’m having one of those,” he shared via X at the time. “It’s also called a type of cancer that’s ‘treatable’ not ‘curable.’ I apologize if that’s a shock — it was to me too.”

The actor said he wasn’t going to “go into any more detail” but was posting because “professionally” things were changing.

“Fear not, I am a tough old son-of-a-bitch and I have great support, so I expect to be around a while,” the announcement concluded. “As always, you’re the greatest fans in the world and I hope to see you soon!”

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During Tuesday’s podcast episode, Campbell said he has “tons of hope” about his future. The actor also shared that the cancer has given him a different perspective about life.

“If you want to get your financial house in order from A to Z, get cancer. If you want to rekindle with friends and family that you haven’t talked to in decades, get cancer,” he said. “If you want to refocus your life, laser focus only on the things that bring you joy and remove the drudgery from your life forever, get cancer.”

For more from Campbell, watch the full episode of Inside of You below.

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