Val Kilmer says I ‘have no cancer whatsoever’, Michael Douglas ‘misinformed’

NEW YORK – Val Kilmer says Michael Douglas was “misinformed” when he suggested Kilmer has cancer.

In a Facebook post Tuesday evening, Kilmer said he has “no cancer whatsoever.” At a London event on Sunday, Douglas had said Kilmer was “dealing with” throat cancer, which Douglas was diagnosed with in 2010.

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Kilmer said he spoke to Douglas nearly two years ago about recommending a specialist for a lump in his throat. The 56-year-old Kilmer said he was treated at UCLA and still has a swollen tongue, but is “rehabbing steadily.”

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The actor said he’s made three films in the last year, including one about his one-man Mark Twain play, ‘Cinema Twain‘. He also co-stars in Tomas Alfredson’s Jo Nesbo adaptation The Snowman,  due out next year.