*NFL icon Randy Moss is gearing up for his comeback to ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown” on September 7, following a challenging fight against bile duct cancer.
Diagnosed in 2024 with Stage 2 cholangiocarcinoma, a rare cancer affecting the bile ducts, Moss faced symptoms like dark urine and jaundice. “I just think that when you live your life, you know, a certain type of way of, you know, eating right, taking care of your health, and all of a sudden you get diagnosed with cancer … I was overwhelmed,” Moss told “Good Morning America” co-anchor Robin Roberts, ABC News reports. “It hit like a ton of bricks.”
Despite his initial shock, Moss embraced a fighting spirit, undergoing a six-hour surgery to remove parts of multiple organs, followed by chemotherapy and radiation.
“I talk about my faith in the Lord. I talk about how much I love my family. And I talk about the game that I grew up loving at a small age, and that’s football,” he said. “I put one more ‘F’ in that, in that category, and that’s the ‘fight,’ because that’s what I needed to do.”
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Throughout his recovery, Moss leaned on his wife, Lydia. “It was hard for me, because he didn’t want our help, because he’s used to doing everything on his own. And as much as he tried to push us away, I think he realized we needed him and he needed us,” Lydia told Roberts.
“I was kicking down them doors. I was opening up those blinds. I was like, ‘Even if I just have to sit here, I’m just gonna sit here. Even if you angry, even if you don’t wanna talk, we gonna be here,’” she added.
Enjoyed spending time with @RandyMoss and his wife Lydia. The @NFL Hall of Famer is speaking about his courageous fight with cancer as he prepares to return full time to @espn. pic.twitter.com/RbPfbvwO4D
— Robin Roberts (@RobinRoberts) September 4, 2025
Moss shared his wife’s family-centered advice with friend Deion Sanders when he battled bladder cancer earlier this year. “One thing that my wife told me is, ‘Man, get on out here and let the family love you. They miss you,’” Moss recalled. “So, that’s the same message I gave Coach Prime, and he did that, and right when he did that, he texted me back a couple days and told me thank you.”
Watch his GMA interview above.
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