{"id":291246,"date":"2020-04-21T13:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T19:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1143243"},"modified":"2020-04-21T13:42:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T19:42:00","slug":"val-kilmer-admits-he-feels-better-than-i-sound-after-battle-with-throat-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/val-kilmer-admits-he-feels-better-than-i-sound-after-battle-with-throat-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Val Kilmer Admits He Feels “Better Than I Sound” After Battle With Throat Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Val Kilmer<\/a><\/strong> is proud to call himself a cancer survivor.<\/p>\n

While the actor known for iconic roles in Top Gun<\/em>, Batman Forever<\/em> and more chose to keep his health struggles private, the 60-year-old is now ready to shed some light on his battle with throat cancer.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday morning’s Good Morning America<\/em>, Val appeared in a rare TV interview<\/a> where he described how he was feeling today. <\/p>\n

“I feel a lot better than I sound, but I feel wonderful. I was diagnosed with throat cancer, which healed very quickly,” he shared with ABC News. “This is a tracheotomy to help me breathe, because the glands in my throat swelled up as well.”<\/p>\n

When asked what he misses most about his old voice, Val replied, “That I had one! And that I didn’t laugh like a pirate.”<\/p>\n

Before his segment aired Tuesday morning, Val took to Instagram and shared a behind-the-scenes photo from the interview.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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“This will be my first television interview in nearly 10 years and the first since being diagnosed and healed from throat cancer,” he wrote online<\/a>. “You may notice I sound like I have a frog in my throat. It’s not. It’s a buffalo. Though being healed from cancer, I am slowly and surely regaining my speech. As I haven’t let the adversity stifle my voice as an artist.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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Actor Val Kilmer opens up about his battle with cancer and past relationships in new memoir. @ChrisConnelly<\/a> has the story. https:\/\/t.co\/8jVW3sLFzp<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/PzmE12EWFo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Good Morning America (@GMA) April 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Val is speaking out as he celebrates the release of his new memoir<\/a> titled I’m Your Huckleberry<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In addition to discussing his movie roles, Val also opens up about his past romantic relationships with Cher<\/a><\/strong>, Cindy Crawford<\/a><\/strong> and Michelle Pfeiffer<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Through all the highs and lows of life, Val is grateful to be healthy and to have learned some valuable lessons during his illness.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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“Well, something that was reaffirmed to me\u2014on such a level, it was almost shocking\u2014was a sense of universal love, a kind of power and a different sense of love,” he told Men’s Health<\/a><\/em>. “It was coming into my consciousness and my body while I was at the hospital.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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