While Suzanne Somers played a chipper character in “Three’s Company,” many didn’t know that she was struggling with health issues. Decades after she left the show, she revealed to CBS News that, while she was starring in the hit sitcom, she “had had cancer three times.” Somers said, “They call it severe hyperplasia in your uterus. I didn’t make a big deal about it.” Somers also disclosed that she had skin cancer on her back when she was in her 30s.
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In 2000, Somers discovered she had breast cancer and was undergoing treatment for a year before she was forced to go public with the news. As reported by ABC News, a tabloid published pictures of the actor leaving a liposuction facility and was slammed by other publications amid what they called “Thighgate.” In an interview with Larry King, Somers revealed she did have liposuction following her cancer treatment. “[There] was an edema, a swelling of fluids that wouldn’t go away … So I had the fluids removed.” She also shared that she was treating her disease homeopathically, forgoing chemotherapy against her doctor’s advice. Despite refusing to go through FDA-approved treatments, she managed to beat the disease and told the Los Angeles Times in 2007 that she was cancer-free.
