Since dealing with several significant health challenges, Jeff Bridges expresses his open thoughts on life, de@th, and sadness. The 73-year-old actor lately suffered from several health challenges, which, according to him, have altered his perspective on de@th.
Bridges revealed in a recent interview with PEOPLE, how suffering from different illnesses “heightened the experience of dancing with my mortality.” The Old Man performer battled two instances of COVID-19 after receiving a non-Hodgkin lymphoma diagnosis in 2020.
He told, “It just heightened the experience of most of my philosophies in life, and it all gets down to that corny ‘L’ word — love. That seems to be what’s running my ship, and going through these tough times, it exacerbated all of that philosophy of love.”
He also talked about how his family handled his medical issues, saying they “were so supportive about cἀncer and COVID…It just brought to my attention how much they loved me and how much I loved them.”
The three daughters Bridges has are Isabelle, Jessica Lily, and Haley Roselouise. He’s been wed to Susan Geston for a long time.
The Oscar winner continued, “When you get close to losing something like that, your gratitude and your thankfulness for what you have, the people you love, and the love you feel for your loved ones, grows. It just magnifies it, and something positive came out of it.”
Bridges contracted COVID-19 in January 2021 before he could get chemotherapy or a vaccine, weakening his immune system’s resistance to the virus.
He previously admitted to the publications that, due to his chemo, he had “no defenses” and was “pretty close to dying” during his initial episode with COVID. “COVID made my cἀncer look like nothing.”
Despite saying that it “wasn’t a severe case” this time, Bridges’ c@ncer is now on the verge of developing COVID again.
Jeff Bridges tweeted about his COVID experience on May 11th. Read out the full Tweet below for more info!
#sponsored I had a second run-in with COVID-19 last year. Thankfully, it wasn’t nearly as bad as the first go- around. But #MyCOVIDReality is that big crowds still make me nervous, so I try to keep my crew small when I can. If you’re immunocompromised, what’s your COVID reality? pic.twitter.com/cxXFldDWwY
— Jeff Bridges (@TheJeffBridges) May 11, 2023
However, the situation has made the Crazy Heart alum more vocal in favor of vaccination accessibility, and he also intends to speak more about his experience with COVID as an immunocompromised person to inform and inspire others.
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