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Sarah Paulson is filled with admiration for her close friend, Amanda Peet, and her eloquent portrayal of her recent struggle with cancer.
“My dearest friend, Amanda Peet, has crafted an exceptionally beautiful essay that dives into the grief of losing her parents while facing a breast cancer diagnosis,” Paulson, 51, shared on Instagram on Saturday, March 21. “The piece was published by @newyorkermag today, and I couldn’t be prouder. I urge everyone to read it.”
She added, “If you’re multitasking, I’ve recorded the audio version, so you can hear me attempt to honor her incredible work. Isn’t it amazing that my friend is now a @newyorkermag essayist? Bird, my love for you knows no bounds.”
Paulson’s enthusiasm sparked interest among her celebrity circle, encouraging many to delve into Peet’s narrative.
Amanda Peet shared her breast cancer diagnosis in her New Yorker piece. “For years, doctors have noted that my breasts are ‘dense’ and ‘busy’—not as a compliment, but as a reminder of the need for enhanced monitoring,” Peet explained in her essay published on March 21, revealing she received her diagnosis “last fall.” “I had been…”
“Going to read now!!” Naomi Watts wrote in the comments section, while Rose Byrne revealed that she already “read [the essay] this morning” and found the prose to be “so extraordinary.”
Ali Wentworth, for her part, added, “It’s a beautifully written piece. All too familiar. Give Amanda a huge hug for me!”
In her essay, Peet, 54, revealed that she was diagnosed with stage I breast cancer “last fall” while both her parents were in hospice care.
“For many years, I’ve been told that I have ‘dense’ and ‘busy’ breasts — not as a compliment but as a warning that they require extra monitoring,” the Your Friends and Neighbors star wrote. “I had been seeing a breast surgeon every six months for checkups. The Friday before Labor Day, I went for what I thought would be a routine scan.”
Peet’s physician subsequently told her that she “didn’t like the way something looked on the ultrasound” and requested that the actress undergo a biopsy. Two tumors, one of which was benign, were visible on one breast.
Many celebrities have spoken out about their personal battles with breast cancer over the years. Julia Louis-Dreyfus went public with her breast cancer diagnosis in September 2017 via Instagram. Nearly one year later, she had successfully beaten the illness and returned to work on Veep. “It sounds kind of corny, but there’s something about after […]
As Peet waited to find out what type of cancer she had, her parents were on their death beds.
“Our parents, long divorced, were both in hospice, on opposite coasts,” Peet recalled to the outlet, also referring to her sister. “Our mother’s had started in June, but our father’s was only a week in, so we hadn’t expected him to go first. I flew to New York. I didn’t make it before my father took his last breath, but I got to see his body before it was taken from his apartment.”
Peet returned home to Los Angeles, where she learned that her cancer was “hormone-receptor-positive” and “HER2-negative.” She received her first “clear scan” shortly before her mom’s death in January.