Jane Fonda Reveals She Had a Cancerous Growth Removed From Her Lip
The legendary Jane Fonda just revealed that she had a cancerous growth removed from her lip. But neither that nor the bandage on her lower lip couldn't stop her from making the rounds to promote the upcoming fourth season of Grace and Frankie this week.
"I just want to explain the bandage," she said at the start of her interview on AOL Build before the host could even ask a question. "I just had a cancer taken from my lip. I thought it was going to heal in time before I came before you, but it's fine. I just want to explain it. I don't normally go around like this."
"It's amazing that you still came," the host replied, acknowledging that most of us would skip out on being in front of a camera until they'd healed. "The world is falling apart. What's a lip?" she quipped.
In a later interview with Howard Stern, the actress revealed that she was going to be fine, ABC reports, and she's even found a "clever way" to disguise the bandage until it's healed:
Fonda hasn't revealed exactly what type of cancer she had removed, but it is possible to have lip cancer (a form of oral cancer that may appear as a sore that doesn't heal). According to the Mayo Clinic, lip cancer is usually treated with surgery, which is often a minor procedure. But it's also possible to have skin cancer on the lips or the surrounding areas.
And, according to People, Fonda also had a tumor removed from her breast in 2010. At the time, her reps told the magazine that she was "100% cancer free" and that "she’s completely fine and it’s business as usual for her."
Looks like it's "business as usual" this time around, too, but we wish her a speedy recovery.
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