James Van Der Beek and his spouse, Kimberly Van Der Beek, are absorbing the vacation season.
Kimberly, 43, took to Instagram on Sunday, December 21, to share a comfy photograph of James, 48, along with his arm wrapped round her. “Me and my bae @vanderjames,” she captioned the pleased snap which seemed to be taken exterior their Texan ranch.
The photograph, which confirmed James wearing a heat winter knit paired with unfastened pants and Kimberly donning a full-length cherry-red gown, comes a number of days after James publicly addressed fan concern over the numerous weight he has misplaced amid his two-year most cancers battle.
Interviewed for the Friday, December 19, episode of the Right this moment present, James touched on the fan concern after talking about his absence from the Dawson’s Creek stay studying staged in New York Metropolis in September. “I’d misplaced a lot weight due to the abdomen virus,” he mentioned on the present, clarifying that the change in his look was “not cancer-related.”
James added, “Though with most cancers, every part’s like, ‘Why don’t we supersize that abdomen virus?’”
The interview additionally included James’ reflections on his well being as he recalled the second he was recognized with colorectal most cancers, which he publicly introduced in November 2024. “I went into shock. However , one of many issues I used to be actually fortunate about was as quickly as I heard the information, I believed, ‘That is gonna be the very best factor to ever occur to me.’ … I had this little voice in my head that mentioned, ‘You’re gonna make adjustments in your life that you’d by no means, ever make when you didn’t have this excessive of a prognosis, and it’s gonna add wholesome, pleased years to your life,’” he advised the outlet.
The actor additionally attributed necessary life classes to his most cancers journey. “I don’t suppose I knew what it was to decelerate earlier than … to essentially have a look at every part I eat, every part I put in my physique. Actually, the most important change I’d say can be this journey of self-love. What I spotted was, I’m nonetheless worthy of affection. My very own love, God’s love,” he defined.
The interview additionally noticed James element the help that Kimberly and the couple’s six kids — Olivia, 15, Joshua, 13, Annabel, 11, Emilia, 9, Gwendolyn, 7, and Jeremiah, 4 — have offered within the wake of his prognosis.
“I’d not be alive had been it not for my spouse,” he mentioned. “She [Kimberly] has simply stepped up as a caretaker, as a nurse, as head of the family. After which the youngsters, as a lot as I wish to defend them from them seeing me in any sort of ache … you understand that resilience just isn’t solely one thing they’ve and might construct, however is the very best factor for them.”
James revealed his prognosis in an Instagram publish that famous he had taken time to share the information with followers. “I’ve been coping with this privately till now, getting therapy and dialing in my total well being with higher focus than ever earlier than,” the actor wrote within the November 2024 publish. “I’m in a great place and feeling sturdy. It’s been fairly the initiation, and I’ll let you know extra after I’m prepared. … Please know that my household and I deeply admire all of the love and help.”
