James Van Der Beek underwent a medical process to help a serious household choice a lot earlier than studying of his most cancers analysis.
The Dawson’s Creek alum says he had a vasectomy carried out a number of years in the past after he and his spouse determined their household was full. James, who has six kids—Olivia, 14, Joshua, 12, Annabel, 10, Emilia, 8, Gwen, 6, and Jeremiah, 3—with Kimberly Van Der Beek, revealed the information days after he shared he was recognized in 2023 with stage 3 colorectal most cancers.
“We had one deliberate little one,” the 47-year-old informed Folks in feedback printed Nov. 9. “One was 100% on goal. The one factor we actually sucked at was not getting pregnant.”
He additionally shared what his and Kimberly’s youngest daughter, Gwen, informed him after he informed the youngsters that “Daddy has some surgical procedure on his personal components, so simply be actually cautious once you run as much as me to not stumble upon something.”
“And my youngest daughter regarded me straight within the eye,” James recalled, “and stated, ‘Daddy, I hope your vagina feels higher.'”