Dave Portnoy, 47, reveals CANCER scare as he appears on podcast with neck wound – but says being stung by bees was worse!
Dave Portnoy says he underwent a procedure to remove the cancerous birthmark from his neck after appearing on a Barstool’s BFFS Podcast with a large cut on his neck.
Portnoy, 47, was asked by co-host Brianna LaPaglia what happened to cause the cut on the lower left side of his neck.
“Do you have a scratch on your neck?” Portnoy was asked, to which he replied, “Yes, you’re the first to ask.”
“Are those stitches?” LaPaglia asked again, to which Portnoy simply said, “Yes, cancer. I beat it though.”
LaPaglia then asked Portnoy if this was because he had been in the sun all day and not worn sunscreen.
Dave Portnoy said the cut on his neck, which required stitches, was caused by skin cancer
Portnoy said it was a skin cancer scare and he underwent the procedure to remove a mole on Monday
He had a patch around his neck on Monday as he celebrated the Celtics winning the NBA title
“Yes,” Portnoy replied. “That’s why I didn’t go to the Celtics game.”
“But it was actually cancer?” LaPaglia asked.
“Yes,” said Portnoy. ‘It’s not scary. I mean, it is, but it’s not. I’ll add it to my list. I have had a heart attack, cancer and been stung by bees, everything has been overcome. And it’s hard to complain, I was lying in the sun.
‘I’m starting to get myself under control. I went to a doctor, did something to the skin and they scraped it and one of them came back as cancer. I don’t know, there are 10 or 12 stitches in there.
‘There are stitches underneath, on top of it. It’s pretty bad**. Listen, you won’t hear me complaining about it.
“I don’t want to say, ‘Oh, I have cancer, feel sorry for me,’ but I wanted sympathy.” If you get cancer, that’s for the best. I didn’t even tell anyone I did it.
‘There is clearly serious cancer. Mine wasn’t. But I have the right to say that I have now survived cancer. It looks like I’ve been stabbed.’
In May, Portnoy tweeted that he wanted to see a dermatologist for his moles
Portnoy tweeted on May 20 that he wanted to get his moles checked. He wrote, “I’m looking for the best dermatologist in Miami to tell me how my moles are doing. Lead from the front. I’m bad at doctors.’
Portnoy missed his beloved Boston Celtics winning the NBA title by beating the Dallas Mavericks on Monday night after sitting on the court for previous games.
He won a stunning $1.6 million bet by backing his team to beat the Mavs.
While away from TD Garden, he shared a video with