James Van Der Beek is getting a little (financial) help from friends amid his battle with stage 3 cancer.
Pablo Walter Hauser announced its partnership with Cameo on Monday, Jan. 26, with the goal of raising $20,000 by March 1 to help Van Der Beek, 48, pay for his ongoing treatment after the Dawson’s Creek The student began selling his personal memorabilia to help with costs.
“James Van Der Beek started selling his old stuff from his previous acting jobs to pay for his colorectal cancer treatments, and it didn’t sit well with me,” Hauser, 39, wrote via Instagram on Monday. “I’m an actor and father of 3, and I want them to one day inherit my trinkets, my wardrobe, and my memories. I wouldn’t want to auction off a Stingray t-shirt or a Marvel script to make ends meet for treatment.”
The Marvel star asked his followers to “spread the love” by “spreading the message” about his mission, which will include filming custom Cameo videos to provide direct financial assistance to Van Der Beek. In addition, Hauser will auction “personal items” of famous friends such as Josh Gad, Jimmy Kimmel, Beck Lynch and “many, many more” to continue “our support for a fellow actor, father and husband who has rolled a couple of painful dice these past two years.”
Hauser also preempted anyone who might question his motives by “arming himself” with “facts and receipts at the ready,” writing: “Before Internet trolls wipe their saliva and attack their keyboards to ask why I chose to raise money for this, and not something they deem worthy of time/effort/funding, know that I’ve done comedy for Relay for Life’s cancer charity walk, I’ve donated my own profits to organizations like Smile Train and Neighborly, and I recently helped raise over $100,000 for ServeLA through my appearance on Celebrity Wheel of Fortune.”
He concluded his announcement by saying that he has “always liked” Van Der Beek, who “seems like a really good guy. Let’s help him through this difficult time.”
Us weekly Van Der Beek has been contacted for comment.
While the pair have never worked together on screen, Hauser recalled “berating” Van Der Beek during a 2010 celebrity football game during a 2022 appearance on the show. Rich Eisen show. Hauser recalled being in the audience and yelling, “I want to see some blood out there, son!” to the Varsity Blues actor again and again before receiving a response.
“And after the third time I yelled at him, he turned around and said, ‘I’m going to make you proud, Dad.’ And he turned around a little bit. We just went back and forth, it was so much fun,” he said with a laugh.
Van Der Beek, who shares Olivia, 14, Joshua, 13, Annabel, 11, Emilia, 8, Gwendolyn, 6, and Jeremiah, 3, with his wife. kimberly – revealed his stage 3 colorectal cancer diagnosis via Instagram in November 2024.
Later that month, he announced that he was selling limited editions of his famous University blue jersey for families facing cancer, noting that “100 percent of my net income will go to families recovering from the financial burden of cancer (including mine).”
The following September, Dawson’s Creek The cast reunited for a live reading of the show’s pilot episode to raise funds for F Cancer. Van Der Beek, however, was forced to withdraw at the last minute due to a stomach virus. michelle williams, katie holmes, Joshua Jackson, Mary Beth Peil, John Wesley Shipp, Maria Margaret Humes, Kerr Smith, Meredith Monroe and Philip busyEveryone was still present at the event, with Lin-Manuel Miranda replacement for Van Der Beek in the lead role of Dawson Leery.
“I can’t believe he’s not there,” Van Der Beek said in a pre-recorded message played on stage. “I can’t believe I can’t hug my castmates, my beautiful cast, in person, and I just wanted to get up on stage and thank every single person in this theater for being here tonight, from the cast to the crew and everyone who donated their time and was so generous. And especially each of you. You are the best fans in the world. Thank you for coming.”
Two months later, Van Der Beek announced his partnership with Propstore to auction off prized pieces of memorabilia from his career to help pay for his ongoing treatments. Items sold included the Dawson’s Creek necklace that Dawson gave to Joey (Holmes) for prom, Dawson’s pilot episode costume, and other episodes of the beloved ’90s series.
“While I feel a bit nostalgic about getting rid of these items, it feels good to be able to offer them through the Propstore auction to share them with those who have supported my work over the years,” he told People At the moment.
Van Der Beek ultimately raised $47,000 during the three-day event.