Stanley Tucci described the treatments especially the strong dose of radiation as "brutal"
Stanley Tucci has opened up about how his wife, Felicity Blunt, a literary agent, stood by him during his treatment for oral cancer.
The actor, 62, became terminally ill in 2017, he revealed on NBC's Sunday Sitdown detailing how scared he was when he first learned about his condition, given his previous experience with his late wife's breast cancer.
“So when I got it, I was completely shocked,” he said. “I was
terrified, absolutely terrified.”
Tucci described the treatments
especially the strong dose of radiation as "brutal" and "awful", and he lost
weight, had a feeding tube for six months, and couldn't taste or smell
anything properly.
However, his wife convinced him to undergo the
treatment, and he credits her support for his recovery.
“I lost
35 pounds. I couldn’t eat. I had a feeding tube for six months and
everything tasted like you-know-what and smelled like you-know-what.
“And it took months and months and months for me to finally be
able to eat again and then taste properly again.”
“I was so
afraid, but Felicity was very insistent,” he added. “I mean that she had to
drag me, kicking and screaming, but now, I wouldn’t be around if I hadn’t
done that [treatment].”
“She was incredible. Still is
incredible.”
Tucci completed his treatment in 2018 and has been
cancer-free since then. Currently, The Devil Wears Prada star is working on
a travel show and appears in the Prime Video series Citadel alongside
Priyanka Chopra and Richard Madden.
