In an interview with People released on Thursday (May 26th), Jeff Bridges opened up about narrowly surviving COVID-19. The Big Lebowski actor’s immune system had been weakened after receiving chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma when he caught the disease.
Bridges described his medical experience as “a bizarre dream.” While doing exercises at home one morning, he felt something unusual in his stomach. “I had a 12-by-9-in. tumor in my body. Like a child in my body. It didn't hurt or anything,” he said.
Chemotherapy was an effective treatment for the tumor. “They got a cocktail that worked, and oh man it worked fast. That thing just imploded,” he said.