Pauly Shore Breaks Down in Tears, Revealing He Underwent Surgery to Remove a Tumor from His Pancreas: ‘It’s Been Tough’

Pauly Shore is opening up about a recent health scare that left him in the hospital.

On Wednesday, Aug. 27, the actor and comedian, 57, posted a video on Instagram and revealed that he underwent surgery to remove a tumor from his pancreas.

“About three months ago, I went in for a preventative scan in Las Vegas at SimonMed, where they scan your body from head to toe. They check for tumors, cancer, aneurysms, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, you name it. Being in my 50s, I thought it was the right thing to do,” he wrote. “A week later, they called me with the results. They noticed something in my abdominal area. It was a tumor inside my pancreas.”

Shore said that thankfully, the tumor was benign — meaning it was abnormal but noncancerous — and it might’ve been there for 15 to 20 years. Although it wasn’t an emergency, he said doctors told him that removing it was the right thing to do. 

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“Mentally, it really messed with me. Knowing there was a tumor inside me… Could it grow? Burst? Turn into something worse? You just don’t know,” he said. “I’ve always been on top of my health. Going to the gym, using saunas, massages, having my teeth checked, doing blood work, colonoscopies, chiropractor, etc., but I had never done a full-body scan. I had no symptoms. This was just me following my instincts.”

Shore said that he underwent surgery on Aug. 21 with Dr. Nicholas Nissen at Cedars-Sinai and praised the nurses and staff who helped him during his recovery. In the Instagram video, the Encino Man actor was lying in a hospital bed ahead of surgery, calling his tumor “a devil that’s in me” that has to be removed.

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The clip cuts to five days later, while Shore is recovering. He said the surgery was successful before breaking down in tears about the health scare, admitting, “You never know what the f— is inside your body.” 

“It’s been tough. The aftermath of an abdomen surgery is pretty f—ing hard,” he said, wiping tears from his face. “It’s just wild. It’s been a lot.”

In the caption, Shore said he’s back home with pain medications and assured that he’s doing well.

“I’m all right, and I’m healing every day,” he wrote. “I love you all, Pauly.”