Roman Reigns was recently interviewed in the Leukaemia Matters magazine. During this, he opened up about his battle with the disease.
An interesting part of the interview was when he addressed some of the myths surrounding his cancer. There was a small group of fans who believed that this was all a storyline in order to get Roman more support from the WWE Universe.
Here is what Roman had to say about those myths:
“I think there is ignorance of leukaemia. The word alone is intimidating. ‘Leukaemia’ it sounds like a cancer word. It sounds like it could take your life. What people haven’t realised is the different phases. That’s the whole thing about me and this huge WWE platform, that’s why I want people to know. I want people to understand that it’s not what people see in the movies. We’re in a different place now; we are making advancements, there are things we are doing to help people and save lives – we just don’t always concentrate on those things.”
Roman also discussed the perceptions of what a cancer patient is supposed to look like:
“In the media, what we like to talk about is very controversial, that’s what we want to discuss. We don’t want to discuss the good moments or ‘the wins’. With my story and the help of my medication, and the medical breakthroughs that we have, I think it’s very important to understand that. We are winning some of these battles. There are very specific reasons why I am maintaining the look and the health that I have, and it’s important that people know that.”
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