Actor Sergio Peris-Mencheta has cancer and will have a bone marrow transplant: "I feel terrified"

Fans of actor and theater director Sergio Peris-Mecheta have been shocked to discover that the artist has cancer.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
21 January 2024 Sunday 15:29
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Actor Sergio Peris-Mencheta has cancer and will have a bone marrow transplant: "I feel terrified"

Fans of actor and theater director Sergio Peris-Mecheta have been shocked to discover that the artist has cancer. The presenter of Traitors Spain wanted to announce the news first-hand before rumors began to circulate about his state of health, since it is a very delicate issue.

To communicate the difficult circumstances he is experiencing and the hard path he has just begun towards recovery, the man from Madrid has published a carousel of photographs on his official Instagram profile in which he has taken stock of his life and opened up.

Before talking about the illness, Peris-Mecheta explained that he has always felt ''guilty'' for the great luck he has had in his professional and personal life: ''(...) I have worked on television all over the world. world. Most of the time playing leading characters, heroic, bestial... I have galloped dressed as a warrior many times brandishing a sword and shouting “Ahhhhh!!!”, as I dreamed of as a child. I have made films in different languages, I have worked with people who were in the BETAMAX films that I rented at the Acuario video store in my neighborhood.''

In the text, the actor has reflected on his different professional achievements, since he feels very proud and grateful for all the opportunities he has had: ''I have won and presented competitions, I have worked with the greatest theater artists, I have played wonderful characters. , I have directed, I have created, I have told the stories I needed to tell on board my Pirate Ship. I have played a lot, and although I have lost, I have been more likely to win, in general. With a dose of luck that I have always felt at my side, accompanying me, and that feeling of undeserving on my back."

In addition to talking about his work success, the Hollywood actor wanted to emphasize the luck he has had in building his family: "Starting with the team that Marta, Río, Olmo, Senda (our dog) and I formed. The adventure of change of life, the trips, the common projects, the day to day. TEAM. After 19 and a half years I am still madly in love with Marta, and I feel more and more desired and loved by her. And the friends, and the teachers, and Mamushka, and Yonyon...".

At the end of the emotional speech was hidden the difficult news that has surprised thousands of followers from all over the world: ''All this to say that in this last draw I did not get the usual numbers. I am in the middle of the chemo process and a subsequent bone marrow transplant. And I have to play with a different hand this time. "I am like only those who have experienced a situation similar to mine know."

''I feel more vulnerable, terrified and small than ever, and for a few months now I have been valuing each of my steps on earth,'' the actor stated while making it clear that he knows that not everything in life depends on him and who is facing a great challenge. It should be said that the publication was uploaded from the City Of Hope hospital, one of the most famous cancer medical centers in California.