Scott Adams, the cartoonist behind the popular strip “Dilbert,” is sharing a critical update on his battle with cancer.
Adams, 68, shared in May that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer that had spread to his bones. During a New Year’s Day broadcast of his show, “Real Coffee with Scott Adams” on Rumble, Adams revealed that his health outlook has worsened.
“It’s all bad news,” Adams said, adding that his chances of recovery were “essentially zero.”
“I talked to my radiologist yesterday,” he said, per Newsweek. “And it’s all bad news — the odds of me recovering are essentially zero. I’ll give you any updates if that changes, but it won’t.”
“So there’s no chance that I’ll get my feeling back in my legs and I’ve got some ongoing heart failure, which is making it difficult to breathe sometimes during the day,” Adams added. “However, you should prepare yourself that January will probably be a month of transition, one way or another.”
“Now, I haven’t made any decisions but it was all bad news, no good news at all,” he concluded. “So I will keep doing this as long as it makes sense — because I like doing it, it keeps me busy.”
Adams’ comic strip “Dilbert,” which draws humor from office life, was first published in 1989.
In 2023, numerous newspapers, including the USA TODAY Network, announced they would stop running “Dilbert” due to racist comments made by Adams, who said that white people should “get the hell away from Black people.”
The USA TODAY Network said at the time that “recent discriminatory comments” by Adams “have influenced our decision to discontinue publishing his comic,” adding, “While we respect and encourage free speech, his views do not align with our editorial or business values as an organization.” Adams maintained then that the comments were meant to be hyperbolic.
Contributing: Jordan Mendoza, Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY
