James Van Der Beek is getting a bit of (monetary) assist from his buddies amid his stage 3 most cancers battle.
Paul Walter Hauser introduced his partnership with Cameo on Monday, January 26, with the purpose of elevating $20,000 {dollars} by March 1 to assist Van Der Beek, 48, in paying for his ongoing therapy after the Dawson’s Creek alum started promoting his private memorabilia to assist with prices.
“James Van Der Beek began promoting his previous stuff from his previous appearing jobs to pay for his colorectal most cancers therapies, and it didn’t sit nicely with me,” Hauser, 39, wrote by way of Instagram on Monday. “I’m an actor and father of three kids, and I need them inheriting my trinkets/wardrobe/memorabilia sometime. I wouldn’t need to public sale off a Stingray shirt or Marvel script to make ends meet for therapy.”
The Marvel star requested his followers to “unfold the love” by “spreading the phrase” about his mission, which can embrace recording personalised Cameo movies to supply direct monetary help for Van Der Beek. As well as, Hauser will public sale off “private gadgets” from superstar buddies like Josh Gad, Jimmy Kimmel, Beck Lynch and “many many extra” to proceed “our help of a fellow actor, father and husband who has rolled a painful pair of cube these final couple years.”
Hauser additionally received forward of anybody who would possibly query his motives by “arming” himself with “details and receipts on the prepared,” writing, “Earlier than the Web trolls wipe their saliva and assault their keyboards to query why I selected to boost cash for this, and never one thing they deem worthy of time/efforts/funding, know that I’ve finished arise comedy for Relay for Life’s Most cancers Charity Stroll, I’ve donated my very own earnings to organizations like Smile Prepare and Neighborly, and lately helped elevate over $100,000 for ServeLA by way of my look on Superstar Wheel of Fortune.”
He concluded his announcement by saying he’s “at all times favored” Van Der Beek, who “looks like a very good dude. Let’s assist him out on this troublesome second.”
Us Weekly has reached out to Van Der Beek for remark.
Whereas the twosome have by no means labored collectively on display, Hauser recalled “berating” Van Der Beek throughout a 2010 superstar flag soccer sport throughout a 2022 look on the Wealthy Eisen Present. Hauser remembered being within the viewers and yelling, “I need to see some blood on the market, son!” again and again on the Varsity Blues actor earlier than getting a reply.
“And after the third time I shouted it, he rotated and he goes, ‘I’ll make you proud, dad.’ And it grew to become a bit. We simply went backwards and forwards, it was very humorous,” he stated with fun.
Van Der Beek — who shares Olivia, 14, Joshua, 13, Annabel, 11, Emilia, 8, Gwendolyn, 6, and Jeremiah, 3 with spouse Kimberly — revealed his stage 3 colorectal most cancers analysis by way of Instagram in November 2024.
Later that month, he introduced that he was promoting restricted editions of his well-known Varsity Blues jersey for households coping with most cancers, noting that “one hundred pc of my internet proceeds will go to households recovering from the monetary burden of most cancers (together with my very own).”
The next September, the Dawson’s Creek solid reunited for a dwell studying of the present’s pilot episode to boost cash for F Most cancers. Van Der Beek, nonetheless, was compelled to drop out final minute as a consequence of a abdomen virus. Michelle Williams, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson, Mary Beth Peil, John Wesley Shipp, Mary-Margaret Humes, Kerr Smith, Meredith Monroe and Busy Philipps have been all nonetheless in attendance for the occasion, with Lin-Manuel Miranda stepping in for Van Der Beek within the title position of Dawson Leery.
“I can’t imagine I’m not there,” Van Der Beek stated in a prerecorded message performed on stage. “I can’t imagine I don’t get to hug my castmates, my lovely solid, in individual, and I simply needed to face on that stage and thank each single individual on this theater for being right here tonight — from the solid to the crew to all people who donated their time and has been so beneficiant. And particularly each single final certainly one of you. You’re one of the best followers on this planet. Thanks for coming.”
Two months later, Van Der Beek introduced his partnership Propstore to public sale off treasured items of his profession memorabilia to assist pay for his ongoing therapies. Bought gadgets included the Dawson’s Creek necklace Dawson gifted Joey (Holmes) for promenade, Dawson’s pilot episode outfit and different episodes from the beloved ‘90s sequence.
“Whereas I’ve some nostalgia tugging at me as I half with this stuff, it feels good to have the ability to provide them by way of Propstore’s public sale to share with those that have supported my work through the years,” he instructed the Individuals on the time.
Van Der Beek finally raised $47,000 {dollars} throughout the three day occasion.
