Stanley Tucci is eternally grateful for the support of his family during his health crisis.

In 2017, the actor was diagnosed with oral cancer which was “terrifying” considering his history with the disease.

He “traveled all over the world trying to find a cure” for his late wife’s breast cancer, he told Willie Geist on “Sunday Sitdown”. She eventually died in 2009.

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“So when I got it, I was completely shocked,” he explained. “I was terrified, absolutely terrified.”

Tucci’s tumor under his tongue “was too big to operate” on, which meant “high-dose radiation and chemo” was his only treatment option.

He recalled how “brutal” and “awful” the treatment was, especially on his diet, resulting in significant weight loss.

“I lost 35 pounds,” he recalled. “I couldn’t eat. I had a feeding tube...