Tom DeLonge was diagnosed with and beat skin cancer in 2010
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Blink 182 rocker Tom DeLonge has revealed he had skin cancer on his chest last year. DeLonge let the news slip in a Facebook post Tuesday night as he was promoting the band's VIP backstage meet-and-greet packages to support KeepABreast.org.
The post reads: "Tom Here- I got diagnosed with Skin Cancer last year, all ok though.. But I am launching "boomerlovesboobies.com" with two types of VIP meet and greets, to raise money for Cancer awareness with Keep A Breast.org. I will be meeting all the VIP's on the Blink tour.... Check out the site- thanx for your support."
DeLonge says he's made a full recovery, but he wasn't comfortable discussing it last year when he was diagnosed.
"I know that it's so weird to just kind of throw it out there," he says. "Usually, like it should be a bigger announcement - 'I have cancer'... I guess once you get it, you just feel weird about it, you don't even know how to talk [about it]. Especially if you're in the public eye at any level. I'm not like Lady Gaga or Brad Pitt. When you have attention, you don't want to go out there and [say], 'Everybody, I really want your attention right now. I need to tell you something serious.' It's just weird. But I was probably a few months away [from] it being on a way different level, you know."