The Real Housewives of Atlanta diva, NeNe Leakes, is rejoicing on social media and in real life not because of something that happened on the show, but because her husband Gregg Leakes is now cancer free.
“Look at God! We are overjoyed to say we saw the doctors for the results of Gregg’s pet scan he took last week! Tests show, wait for It…..WE ARE CANCER FREE!!! Yes God!” NeNe wrote in a caption on Instagram on Monday.
Gregg, 63, had completed six months of chemotherapy to battle his stage three colon cancer.
NeNe and Gregg tied the knot in 1997 and separated in 2010. Their divorce was finalized in 2011, but the duo later reconciled and remarried in 2013. Their second wedding was featured on a RHOA spinoff titled I Dream of NeNe: The Wedding.
Back in June of 2018, NeNe had canceled her remaining one-woman comedy shows because Gregg had been in the hospital for more than two weeks.
“First of all, I just want to say that I feel very blessed and extremely lucky to be able to do what I do. I’m so grateful that you guys purchased tickets to see me everywhere,” she said in an Instagram video. “I have to cancel my Albany, New York, show and my New York City Caroline’s show. Today marks the 15th day straight that Gregg has been in the hospital.”
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“I find it very difficult to stand on stage and laugh and have a good time and give you guys your money’s worth knowing that my husband is in the hospital not feeling well. He has said to me over and over again, ‘Go on, go out there, have a good time, do the show, I’m going to be fine.’ But I find it mentally very hard for me to do that,” NeNe continued. “Gregg will be out of the hospital this week. He will be stronger, he will be better and we will be out here doing this show again in no time. Thank you for loving me! Thank you so much.”
Gregg’s health issues were also documented on a November 2017 episode of RHOA when he was hospitalization for a “dangerously low” heart rate.
Gregg's cancer changed the course of the couple's marriage.
During his treatments, Gregg shared how much his wife was going through because of the cancer.
“I’m tired of hurting my wife who is only trying to take good care of me and wants only the best for me too. She...
... deserves much more for her hard efforts and tireless hours spent on me,” he shared on Instagram back in January. “I pray to God to get it together…she’s done NO wrong…this is ALL on me. Cancer will change your life.”
According to the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF), African-American men are nearly 1.6 times more likely to develop prostate cancer than Caucasian men. They are also 2.4 times more likely than white men to die from the disease.
Thanks to extensive research and medical trials, the projected deaths from prostate cancer have dropped by more than 50 percent in the last 20 years, according to the PCF. And though the risk for African-American men still remains significantly greater, the gap between five-year survival rates of white and black men has shrunk, according to 2009 data from the Harvard Medical School + Harvard Health Publications.
We are so happy for Nene and Gregg! Here's to many more years of health!
