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In response to reports in the British media about Brit newsman Martin Bashir, ABC has just released the following statement, confirming sad news about his health:

An MRI scan recently discovered a small growth on Martin Bashir's pituitary gland. Bashir's doctors have advised that no immediate action be taken as they monitor the situation month to month.

Bashir is feeling well as he continues to keep a full schedule anchoring and reporting for ABC News.

Bashir made headlines with his candid interviews of Princess Diana and Michael Jackson.

However, the eerie thing is, the way Bashir found out about the tumor gives credence to that saying, sometimes things happen for a reason.

Docs discovered the brain tumor while treating Bashir for a minor head injury he suffered at ABC's studios.

We hope the treatment for the tumor is 100% successful.

It's bittersweet but thankfully that head injury alerted him of the more serious problem sooner than he would have otherwise!

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    1. Lex says – reply to this


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      O.o

    2. Raúl says – reply to this


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      first bitches.

    3. pennyl says – reply to this


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      first

    4. wow says – reply to this


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      wow that is very eerie! but i hope he turns out great!

    5. PITOS says – reply to this


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      HEY EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!
      GOOGLE "PEREZ HILTON BOMBS HOT TOPIC"
      AND WILL FIND INFO ABOUT T PEREZ' LINE…
      SUCH A FAILURE.
      HOW COME THIS FUCKTARD DOESNT REPORT ON THAT???
      FUCKER!!!
      KARMA IS A BITCH!!!
      NO ONE CARES ABOUT HIS UGLY ASS CLOTHE.
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    6. 6

      Tumors blow.

    7. fez says – reply to this


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      Bummer :(

    8. rawr says – reply to this


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      haahaha ohhh

    9. kim says – reply to this


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      he's hot :)

    10. sorry! says – reply to this


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      Karma!

    11. Autumn says – reply to this


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      I will be praying for you.

    12. jessic says – reply to this


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      I actually had a benign tumor on my pituitary gland and everything turned out great. I'm sure he will be ok.

    13. Mo says – reply to this


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      SAD !



    14. 14

      First?

    15. FUKNO says – reply to this


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      KARMA IS A BETCH MAYBE

    16. L.I.V. says – reply to this


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      Poor guy…wish nothing but the best for him and his family. Stay strong

    17. sssss says – reply to this


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      oh my god! he used to live really near me before they moved to ny. i know his daughter, we went to school together!

    18. iscanu says – reply to this


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      as an mri technologist i cant tell you how many times people come in for a recent slight trauma to head and then we do an mri and we find brain tumors or aneurysm's

    19. Ni says – reply to this


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      Everything happens for a reason…much blessings and a speedy recovery.

    20. Jeff says – reply to this


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      Dude what's up with everyone getting cancer? It's scary!

    21. Pinky says – reply to this


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      Love you Martin!! You're gonna beat this :) xo

    22. HANG I says – reply to this


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      Poor guy! Best of luck to him and i hope he makes a full recovery.

    23. kelsey says – reply to this


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      Karma's a bitch

    24. Sharon says – reply to this


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      Maybe this is Karma for the evil way he tricked poor deranged Michael Jackson into trusting him for that hatchet-job "interview" he did of him where he totally betrayed him.

    25. aNDRE says – reply to this


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      I HOPE HE DIES. HE IS AN EVIL SON OF A BITCH.
      HE MANIPULATED OTHERS TO BECOME FAMOUS.
      CARMA IS A BITCH
      SO HE SHOULD SHUT THE FUCK UP AND TAKE IT NOw!!!!

    26. mosey says – reply to this


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      Sad! I really like this guy. I don't know about his interviews with MJ or Princess Di, but I watch him on Nightline sometimes. Thanks for reporting about real people Perez. I pride myself on my intellegence, and, while most of your site is brain candy, a few serious/important issues are always a good thing.

    27. Cancer says – reply to this


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      I found out I had thyroid cancer while being treated for sinusitis…. Things DO happen for a reason…

    28. violac says – reply to this


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      benign pituitary tumors are generally very treatable, especially if they are small. he will likely turn out to be totally fine after whatever treatment they choose to do.

    29. thalie says – reply to this


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      duh! you wish the treatment to be 100% successful……Read what you post, they are MONITORING, not TREATING!!!!

    30. poorth says – reply to this


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      HEY PEREZ! TELL EVERYONE THE GOSSIP ABOUT YOUR MEET AND GREET FOR YOUR ILL FATED CLOTHING LINE LAUNCH!!!!
      FAIL! FAIL! FAIL!
      HILARIOUS!
      SHOW PICS! COME ON!
      TALK ABOUT HOW MISERABLE YOU WERE!
      WWW.THEDIRTY.COM GO SEE FOR YOUR SELF!

    31. Hi5 says – reply to this


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      My friend had a tumor on her pituitary gland. The pituitary gland is regulates a lot of different bodily functions. Weird stuff happened because of it; she doubled her weight, and started producing milk (not pregnant), but had it removed and was good for years. Then it grew back, and she had it removed again. (They operated through her nostril) She's fine, but wasn't able to drop all of the weight. He's lucky to find it early to avoid the weird stuff, but will probably be OK. Pancreatic cancer (Swayze) has a far worse prognosis.

    32. D says – reply to this


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      Bet Michael Jacksons soooo upset over this one!!

    33. who th says – reply to this


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      karma's a bitch ain't it.

    34. nunya says – reply to this


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      thats karma for ya

    35. Matthe says – reply to this


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      KARMA KARMA KARMA,,, YOU DID MICHALE JACKSON WRONG, NOW DEATH IS UPON YOU!!!!!! ,,,,,GODS NEVER FORSAKES HIS CHILDREN, DONT DO UNTO OTHERS WHAT YOU DONT WANT TO UNTO YOU!!!!!! CURSED ARE THOSE CURSE AND BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO BLESS!!

    36. Brahma says – reply to this


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      If this is the guy who betrayed MJ with that bullshit documentary, then he deserves to die a slow, painful death.

    37. Mark says – reply to this


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      Martin Bashir is a manipulative liar who is happy to destroy people's lives for his own career. I wouldn't wish cancer on anyone - but I wouldn't shed a tear on the passing of this twat either. Doubt Michael Jackson will be shedding a tear either.

    38. E. says – reply to this


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      As long as it isn't cancerous it shouldn't be that much of a problem at all. I know half a dozen people with pituitary tumors (I'm actually not exaggerating - both my mother and my ex had them, as well as a couple friends and people I worked with over the years).

    39. dee says – reply to this


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      were did you lift this article…it sounds much more eloquent than your usual drivel…almost literary…so whose article is it, fatty?
      you really are a dick, you know!

    40. buncho says – reply to this


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      Re: aNDRE – Karma, not Carma, moron

    41. Abbey says – reply to this


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      Andddd that's what you get for fucking with the king of pop. Wonder what Mike's thinking right now.

    42. axn jx says – reply to this


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      It's called an "incidental finding". A finding made, while assessing, or treating a totally separate and unrelated incident.

    43. Alli says – reply to this


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      My grandma has a tumor on her pituitary, and she's doing just fine. From what I understand with what she's had to go through is that it's very treatable and never malignant.

      Good luck to him though, tumors, no matter what kind, are never fun!

    44. Zacula says – reply to this


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      Big deal. I had an MRI in December 2005 and they discovered a tumor on my pituitary gland. Mine isn't that bad, and it hasn't affected anything ni my every day life. His tumor could stay the same size for the rest of his life, and since he hasn't had any ill-effects in life so far then he probably never will have a problem. You're making a big deal out of something extremely, extremely minor.

    45. Mike says – reply to this


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      This guy is a waste of space. He became rich and famous completely betraying others. He's getting what comes to him, everything in life isn't free. I hope he recovers though.

    46. A says – reply to this


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      I love this guy. He exposed Michael Jackson for what he is, a child molester. Hope he gets well.

    47. xixax says – reply to this


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      My SIL has a pituitary tumor, and they're just watching it…have been for close to eight years now.

    48. Dr Sco says – reply to this


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      Ughhh. Lets not make too much drama out of this. It's most likely a pituitary adenoma which are fairly common, not deadly and very treatable.

    49. tufluk says – reply to this


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      Karma's a bitch, and so is Bashir.

      I rarely say things like this, but screw him.

      He deserves every bit of that tumor.

    50. shardy says – reply to this


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      "sometimes things happen for a reason"

      bashir is a type of social cancer, his slanted reporting is toxic
      therefore….

      the punishment fits his crime(s).

    51. Not So says – reply to this


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      Well a lot of people seem to be saying this type of tumor is nothing to start writing his eulogy over. Having said that… F*CK Martin Bashir. I hope that son of a bitch gets hit by a f*ckin' MAC TRUCK. He's not a journalist, he's a sleeze ball who make his living off the exploiting the naivete of trusting artists.



    52. 52

      He makes stories very believeable and I like this guy. I wish you the best!

    53. mlaine says – reply to this


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      Okay, not to be rude…but, my husband has this and it is nothing serious… just means he has a low sex drive, more difficult to stay fit, and, may grow man boobs… nothing too serious… it actually is a tumor that is quite common in women during and after pregnancy…

    54. tumor says – reply to this


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      its a pituitary adenoma. probably would have lived his whole life without knowing it was there if not for the accident. no biggie.

    55. lola says – reply to this


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      this is not sad news! it's not even news! the fact that they aren't treating it means its probably nothing…a growth is NOT a big deal

    56. KT says – reply to this


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      KARMA IS A BITCH! THIS LYING SACK OF SHIT DESERVES TO DIE A SLOW GRUESOME DEATH!!!!!!

    57. Angelo says – reply to this


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      Carma is a BITCH!!!! I hope he suffers a S - L - O - W and most painful death :)

      He ruined other peoples lifes to become famous. Suck it now bitch :)

      Nelson from the simpsons says: Haha, Michael Jackson says: Hee Hee!

    58. Louise says – reply to this


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      Re: Sharon – Sad for his family, but I think you might have a point about Karma…he did a terrible thing to MJ and maybe this is payback??

    59. commie says – reply to this


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      Treatment? They aren't doing anything!! Welcome to socialized medicine!!

    60. jenbun says – reply to this


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      brain tumors suck, but why have i always found this guy to be odious?

    61. Rash M says – reply to this


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      Get better soon, Mr. Bashir!
      Looking forward to your swift recovery.

    62. samuk says – reply to this


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      Oh purlease we all that there is something wrong with Micheal Jackson, we all know that he is most likely guilty and the only reason he got away with it was because there wasn't just enough evidence to convict him just because someone is found not guilty it doesn't mean they're innocent.

    63. hhmm says – reply to this


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      Karma! He's a nasty person who used Michael Jackson and Princess Diana to get famous.

    64. ahole says – reply to this


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      he'll probably just get fat. It's called Cushing's Disease. Crappy, but really not life-threatening.

      I love how the media twists shit to appear all DOOMSDAY, PEREZ!!!!

    65. damien says – reply to this


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      MARTIN BASHIR IS SCUM! TALK ABOUT KARMA!

    66. PHOENI says – reply to this


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      I TOO HAVE A TUMOR ON MY PITUITARY GLAND AND AM UNDER THE MONITORING STAGE. IT WAS ONLY DISCOVERED LAST FALL AND LIKE BASHIR I WAS HAVING AN MRI FOR A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT REASON. THESE BENIGN TUMORS DO NOT AFFECT OUR NORMAL LIVES. HONESTLY, IT'S NOT THAT SCARY AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO FOR TREATMENT. IF THE TUMOR CONTINUE TO GROW THEY WILL CONSIDER SURGERY. I'M SURE MARTIN BASHIR WILL BE FINE!!

    67. nitin says – reply to this


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      Bastard.. hope he died soon!

    68. tom says – reply to this


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      michael jackson curse strikes again - screw with mj bad things happen

    69. jackie says – reply to this


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      jesus christ perez, you can't wait to be the first to put the nail in somebody's coffin. first patrick swayze, now martin bashir.

      in a sense, i can partly understand your swayze reaction, but not this.

      a tumor on a pituitary gland is BY NO MEANS A DEATH SENTENCE. not even close.
      there are lots of highly effective treatment approaches. so give the guy a fucking break and stop being so fucking MORBID. it doesn't help him or us.

      you need to see a therapist and do some grief work around your father's death.

    70. Sally says – reply to this


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      FYI, pituitary tumors are almost always benign and treatable.

    71. Just M says – reply to this


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      Pituitary tumors and cancer are two different things!! Don't lead people to believe he has cancer and don't lead them to believe he has a brain tumor … pituitary tumors are completely different!!

    72. kHAMM says – reply to this


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      I would for a group of Neuro Surgeons and I know for a fact that Pituitary Tumors are treatable and rarely fatal.

    73. kHAMM says – reply to this


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      I work for a group of Neuro Surgeons and I know for a fact that Pituitary Tumors are treatable and rarely fatal.

    74. Try me says – reply to this


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      My dad had a benign tumor on his petuitary gland…in fact one in ten people have them and most never know. The biggest risk with these, is that it pushes on your petuitary gland and can cause any number of health problems…high blood pressure, acid reflux, you name it, and pressure on your petuitary gland can cause it. Also, nine out of ten are benign. It's a simple procedure, they'll go through his nose, break it up and pull it out. He'll only appear to have had a nose bleed. Good luck to him!

    75. Joran says – reply to this


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      Thats What he gets, its called K A R M A. Rot in hell you Iraqi and Try and Shame The United States of America's King of Pop!

    76. Teddyb says – reply to this


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      The name of this disease is acromegaly. I was diagnosed with this at the age of 25 I am now 38. Last year I had surgery to remove the tumor but the tumor was so close to one of my main nerves they could not remove it all. They are not cancerus 98% of the time, but they are a silent killer because they affect you body and your organs; causing your organs along with your extremities to over grow and over work. The sucessful medicine to treat this cost $7,200.00 a month. Which most people can not afford, even with Health insurance it is $800.00 a month.

    77. sasa says – reply to this


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      Pituary gland tumors are benign….its very rare to have the malignant form….
      Sometimes when the benign tumors start effecting the neurological areas they perform surgery. Otherwise….they just watch it. So, the guy has probably a bening form since the doctors are watching it. Read up Perez…

    78. Rhond says – reply to this


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      He's a piece of sh*t muslim trash for doing what he did to my homeboy!

    79. Honey says – reply to this


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      My mother-in-law had a tumor on her pituitary gland and it turned out to be a very rare dicease called Cushings Syndrom. She was treated at Mayo Clinic in Minnestoa and lived for 15 years using experimental treatments. They do an incredible job there. I wish the best for him and his family.

    80. MJ Fa says – reply to this


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      this man totally tricked MJ and his "interview", if you can even call it that, was so unfair to MJ. he has totally trickd and decieved people.

    81. tee says – reply to this


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      I was a neurosurgical nurse for many years and just wanted you to know that Pituitary tumors are benign. He may or may not need surgery at some point to remove it, but it's like the best kind of brain tumor to be diagnosed with. Still, it's not fun to go through the treatments for it so my prayers are with him! Thanks Perez for letting us know!

    82. none says – reply to this


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      Good for him…that's what he gets for treating Michael Jackson the way he did in that interview. Now he's getting a taste of his own medicine.

    83. karma says – reply to this


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      hehe! its karma to get you!
      i hope he doesnt die…i dont wish death on anyone even if he is an asshole.
      i hope he gets better and his career goes to the shits

    84. brand says – reply to this


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      Who cares, why should people give a fuck. This is bad karma coming back to him for the evil way he tricked Michael Jackson into trusting him for that hatchet-job "interview" he did of him where he totally betrayed him and almost killed Michael. He got what was coming to him. See you do bad to good people and bad will do you! Anyway, he is a stupid cunt. And a message to SAMUK; Your stupid they had no evedence at all and them white trash cunts tryed to make easy money! so funk them alll ya'll

    85. Tarek says – reply to this


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      WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND! He put Michael Jackson through hell with the media because of his lies, so I'm very glad Karma has come to bite him in the ass. Bashir deserves shit!

    86. I hav says – reply to this


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      Up to 25% of the population has pituitary tumors - they are rarely detected. No big deal!

    87. d.j.r says – reply to this


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      This is what you get, Martin.

    88. Dovey says – reply to this


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      I hope the son of a bitch suffers for what he did..



    89. 89

      I wouldn't wish cancer on anyone.

      But this guy is a total asshole.