Country singer Justin Moore reveals cancer scare that left him with ‘fat neck’ after fan concern

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• His wife, Kate, whom he married in 2007 and share four children, supported him put the diagnosis in perspective.
• Podcast host Lawrence, 58, additionally joked that Moore could turn his new look into a nickname.
• "It's weird, it doesn't affect me, I just look like a linebacker circa 1982, thick neck, " he joked.
• Maybe we could come up with a name, like George Jones was called the Possum since he had beady little eyes.
• Country singer Justin Moore made public that he experienced a cancer scare when doctors discovered the medical condition that left him with a "fat neck."

In practice, the "Small Town USA" hitmaker, 42, remarked he initially feared the expansion on his neck could be something more serious, but doctors determined it was benign fatty tissue – and advised against surgery that could've threatened his career.

"I've had some health problems. Nothing life-threatening, thankfully. I've obtained a – I don't know if you can see this on my neck, I'm sure residents think, 'Golly, he's been eatin' good, '" Moore told Tracy Lawrence's "TL's Road House" podcast on Wednesday.

"We thought it was called a lipoma. But it's just fat. It's benign, thank God. And they informed me it would be highly, particularly challenging to do surgery, and it may affect my singing, and even my speaking voice."

Though he was initially disappointed to hear doctors could not simply remove it, moore remarked he was relieved to learn the expansion was benign.

"My wife and I were walking out of the hospital when I had an MRI or something and they had informed us, 'Man, great news. It's benign, but there's really not anything we can do regarding it, '" he recalled.

"So I was kind of bummed out walking out of the hospital, cause at the time we didn't know if it was cancer. We didn't know what it was, you know, and of course your mind takes you to the worst feasible places obviously."

"And my wife looked at me, she goes, 'If you just have a fat neck and you're here for the next 50 years, then shut up and stop complaining, '" Moore remarked.

When fans noticed the singer's appearance, according to fan-recorded video on TikTok, moore sparked concern as he opened for Riley Green's "As Good As It Gets Tour" in Virginia on August 8.

"okay can someone tell me if he is okay?" one person commented on the video. "Hope he is ok his face looks swollen, " another posted. "He looks so different, " a third user remarked.

Though they are generally harmless and slow-growing, according to the Mayo Clinic, benign fatty growths can vary widely in size and location.

Meanwhile, the "Point at You" crooner admitted he had not been keeping up with his health before the scare, revealing that he had gone regarding 10 years without seeing a doctor until last year.

"I hadn't gone to the doctor, up until last year, in probably 10 years. My grandfathers greatly influenced me, and they were the type that it's like, if a limb's hanging off and you're working, you just kinda tape it back up and go for it, so I was the same way, " he remarked.

"Maybe we could come up with a name, like George Jones was called the Possum since he had beady little eyes. Maybe you can become the Chipmunk or something, " Lawrence remarked.

Moore, who hails from Poyen, Arkansas, has scored 11 No. 1s on Billboard's Country Airplay chart and won the ACM Award for New Artist of the Year in 2014.

For context, the country star stepped away from touring earlier this summer and spent 30 days in rehab after his drinking "got out of control, " he made public during his July 9 show in Knoxville, Ill, Residents documented.

He is now back on the road, with demonstrates scheduled in Westbury, NY, on Oct. 29 and Montclair, NJ, on Oct. 30.

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