Ric Flair has revealed hes battling skin cancer againjust days after denying it in a public tweet.
The 76-year-old wrestling icon came clean in an interview with PEOPLE, confirming hes facing his second bout of skin cancer in three years. This comes after he adamantly denied any health issues on X, insisting he was absolutely fine and not sick.
Flair had initially fueled speculation by appearing in fan photos with facial injuries, prompting concern from fans and prompting podcast partner and son-in-law Conrad Thompson to respond online.
Still, Flair attempted to shut down the conversation with a defiant tweet, writing:
Now, Flair says the initial denial was his way of keeping the diagnosis private until he was ready.
Flairs health history is long and serious. In 2017, he was hospitalized with severe stomach pain, which led to a cascade of life-threatening complications. He was placed in a medically induced coma after developing kidney failure and nearing congestive heart failure. His survival odds were reportedly just 20%, but Flair made it through after surgery to remove part of his bowel and the placement of a pacemaker.
In his 2022 Peacock documentary Woooooo! Becoming Ric Flair, his ex-partner Wendy Barlow revealed that slipping into his larger-than-life WWE persona helped him cope.
Even now, Flairs resilience is front and center, but fans are grappling with his decision to downplay the diagnosis online. Ric Flair mightve tried to keep this one quiet, but the truth always finds its way outespecially when youre The Nature Boy.
Now that the legend has come clean, all eyes are on how he handles this latest fight. If history tells us anything, its that Ric Flair doesnt stay down for long. Whether hes stylin, profilin, or battling cancer, hes doing it on his termsFlair style.
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