Celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton opened up about a frightening cancer scare that hit while he was writing his new book. He revealed that his longtime client Kim Kardashian provided crucial emotional support, drawing from her own family's experience with the disease. Thankfully, tests showed it was just cysts, not cancer.
Oh honey, grab your tissues because this story is equal parts scary and heartwarming! 😢 Chris Appleton, the go-to hairstylist for the stars, spilled the tea to TMZ while strolling the streets of NYC on Tuesday about a cancer scare that rocked his world mid-book-writing frenzy. And who was there to hold his hand through the fear? None other than his No. 1 client, Kim Kardashian, serving up that real talk and strength like only she can.
As Chris shared, Kim gets it on a deep level—her dad, Robert Kardashian, tragically passed from esophageal cancer back in 2003. With Chris's own mom, the fabulous Momma Appleton, battling the exact same beast, Kim's words hit home hard. "She helped me through it," Chris said simply, but powerfully.
The ordeal? A total nightmare. Chris told us his doctor went radio silent during the initial checks—"He literally was silent," he recounted—leaving him in limbo. Test after test piled on, until he had to go under for a more intense operation. The relief? Immense. It turned out to be benign cysts, not the Big C. Phew! 🔥
But wait, there's more drama: this scare flipped the script on his book entirely. Instead of polishing up some edited version of his life, Chris went raw and real. "I actually just wanted to help people. And I wasn't prepared to lose my voice without truly owning it first," he explained. The result? His memoir "Your Roots Don't Define You," out now and ready to inspire.
Talk about turning lemons into lemonade—or in this case, cysts into catharsis. So, darlings, who's grabbing a copy to see what other gems Chris has in store?