There are certain days in a person’s life they’ll always remember. The day they got married. The day their first child was born. The day they were diagnosed with cancer – and the day they accidentally shared that news with 1.6 million people. That last one is admittedly quite niche, applicable to perhaps only one person: Mark Hoppus, bassist and vocalist of pop-punk legends Blink-182.
“It was my third round of chemo and every time I’d go, I’d try and post something on Instagram to my close friends and family to say, ‘Let’s kick cancer’s ass’ or whatever,’” Hoppus says now. “They had just given me a giant shot of Benadryl to start the infusion, and I was starting to fall asleep, so I posted the photo and then woke up to my phone blowing up with messages.”
