Destigmatizing testicular cancer. That is Will Reeve's mission (36), son of actor Christopher Reeve and ABC correspondent in New York, who exclusively revealed in People magazine that he was diagnosed with this disease last spring. The journalist was in the shower when he noticed a small lump in his left testicle and after discussing it with his wife Amanda Dubin, they went to the doctor, who advised him to have an ultrasound.
As he recounted in the mentioned publication, he underwent an orchiectomy - a standard surgical procedure - and after additional tests, the diagnosis was an embryonal carcinoma, much more aggressive than other types of cancer. Therefore, he underwent a six-hour operation to remove dozens of lymph nodes from his abdomen, three of which tested positive for the disease, requiring two cycles of chemotherapy.
The medical team at Memorial Sloan Kettering in New York did a great job, and after the last check-up on September 8, Will is now cancer-free. "I was living life as if it were my parents' at the same time. Being a cancer patient at Memorial Sloan Kettering and undergoing chemotherapy, I lived firsthand what my mother had experienced. And the intensity of that suffering was evident to me at all times."
These have been really tough and sensitive moments because Will lost his parents as a teenager. The famous Superman died in October 2004 at the age of 52 from a heart attack after falling into a coma due to an infection related to his tetraplegia, and his wife Dana passed away at the age of 42 in 2006 from lung cancer.
After his statements in People, the well-known journalist appeared on the Good Morning America show on his network to provide more details about his illness. Will is sharing his experience to raise awareness about testicular cancer.
On set, with a big smile, he recalled "when my mother got sick 20 years ago, I didn't realize she was sick until her hair fell out. And I think for anyone with cancer or who loves someone with it, that's a turning point where you realize this is real."
He then added enthusiastically, "Being able to look at myself in the mirror every day, come here every day, and say, 'I feel good. I'm okay,' was definitely a big boost for me."
Undoubtedly, throughout this process, Amanda has been his great support, whom he met on a dating app in the summer of 2022. They had such a connection that they started dating and in January 2026, they got married at the Rubell Museum in Miami.
The couple does not have children yet, but they will be able to, as before the illness, they took the necessary steps to have them through in vitro fertilization. "We are very excited to be parents, and the greatest joy is that we will be able to have children, our own children."