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James Van Der Beek was candid with kids over cancer battle

James Van Der Beek has stage 3 cancer

James Van Der Beek was "as honest as possible" with his children about his cancer diagnosis because he didn't want to "confuse" them.

The former Dawson's Creek star - who has Olivia, 14, Joshua, 13, Annabel, 11, Emilia, nine, Gwendolyn, six, and Jeremiah, two, with wife Kimberly - was diagnosed with stage 3 colo-rectal cancer last year and didn't want to hide the news from his broos because "they know" when he's not doing well.

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