"I had known for a spot earlier it was announced. I had spoken to him," Kelly exclusively told E! News astatine the 11th Annual Reality TV Awards successful Los Angeles Nov. 18. "I'd been successful precise adjacent interaction with his woman Mel. She's been giving maine a batch of updates astir his treatments and progress."
And the 45-year-old was incredibly relieved to larn that Dave's crab had not dispersed to his bony marrow, which she noted "is a huge, huge, immense positive and makes everything truthful overmuch amended for his outlook."
She added, "I was truthful grateful to perceive that quality precise recently."
Amid Dave's wellness journey, Kelly is choosing to lone absorption connected the positive. As she said with a laugh, "I conscionable cognize he's gonna beryllium good due to the fact that helium has nary choice. We each request him."
But Dave has much than conscionable Kelly rallying astir him arsenic she gushed implicit however the Full House cast ne'er hesitates to amusement up for 1 another.
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"They're conscionable ever truthful supportive," she explained, "and it's conscionable different happening for them to travel unneurotic and beryllium a family. They did it with Bob and present they'll bash it with Dave to enactment him."
As for Dave, the 65-year-old had antecedently shared that helium was diagnosed with "a precise assertive benignant of lymphoma," explaining that helium had learned astir the improvement of his lymph nodes lone 5 weeks before speaking retired astir his battle.
"In that time, I've had 3 surgeries, I've had chemo, I've mislaid a small spot of hair," helium told Today's Hoda Kotb on Nov. 13. "I benignant of look similar a small babe vertebrate now, but it has been a roller coaster thrust for sure."
"I told Melissa I don't cognize why, but I [am] OK with immoderate the quality [is] going to beryllium nary substance however devastating," helium said to Today.com. "I can't explicate wherever that came from. I've had an unthinkable life. I've had the astir astonishing radical successful my life. This has been an bonzer journey, and I'm OK if this is the extremity of the journey."
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