Moshe Kasher is leaning on humor amid his cancer battle.
The comedian revealed he was diagnosed with tonsil cancer three months ago after he discovered a bump in his throat while working with Judd Apatow and Glen Powell on their movie The Comeback King in Georgia.
As a result, Kasher recently underwent surgery to remove the mass as part of his treatment.
“Two days ago, a Jewish surgery robot at Cedars Sinai yanked my jaw open for five hours and cut it out,” he quipped in a June 21 Instagram post, “and then slit my throat and dissected my neck leaving me with a hardcore neck scar which will make people reluctant to street fight me.”
But on a serious note, the 46-year-old called the medical ordeal “the most terrifying and consciousness-consuming experience of my life.”
“My life has been terror, meditation, tears, and medical planning,” he continued. “I’m in pain and in the middle of a very difficult process. It’s going to be a long summer.”
That’s why the actor, who most recently appeared on the second season of The Pitt as American Sign Language interpreter Samuel Jacob, is keeping his spirits up. As he put it, “The good news is the cancer I have has an incredibly high cure rate.”
