Overview
- The pre-taped conversation with Craig Melvin aired Dec. 19 and was filmed at Van Der Beek’s ranch in Texas.
- He remains in treatment and said he is “trying a bunch of stuff,” declining to detail specific therapies.
- Van Der Beek credited his wife, Kimberly, as his primary caregiver and said the couple is frank with their six children about his illness.
- He urged viewers to talk to their doctors about screening at 45, noting his own stage 3 diagnosis followed a colonoscopy at age 46.
- Despite ongoing care, he has continued working, recently wrapping an Amazon Prime Video Legally Blonde prequel and receiving new acting offers.