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Grace Helbig Reveals Upcoming Surgery for Brain Tumors

Helbig discovered two brain tumors during an emergency room visit for leg numbness, three years after surviving breast cancer; she announced the diagnosis via Instagram video.

On air: Chip Darnell and Dale Bearman on BBN Newsroom
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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorYouTuber and comedian Grace Helbig said today in an Instagram video that doctors found two tumors in her brain after she went to the emergency room with numbness in her legs.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt comes three years after she beat breast cancer, and she's facing surgery. Her words were, "She missed me. My cancer missed me."

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorShe is meeting a second diagnosis with a joke, and that is a real kind of courage.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorComedy has carried people through worse days than this, and her fans will be rooting for her.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWe wish her a smooth surgery and a full recovery. Rex has the Hot Seat, and I hear he's picked a fight.

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