Julia Louis-Dreyfus Has Breast Cancer, Emmy Winner Reveals

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus announced on Thursday that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer.

“1 in 8 women get breast cancer. Today, I’m the one,” the “Veep” star wrote in a note shared to Twitter.

In the message, the actress also called for health care reform to help other women who don’t have the same resources she does. “The good news is that I have the most glorious group of supportive and caring family and friends, and fantastic insurance through my union,” she wrote. “The bad news is that not all women are so lucky, so let’s fight all cancers and make universal health care a reality.”

Also Read: Emmys: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Breaks Record for Most Wins in the Same Role

Louis-Dreyfus just won her eleventh Emmy award earlier this month. The award was her sixth in a row for playing Selena Meyers on the HBO comedy “Veep,” setting a new record for the most awards by a performer for a single role.

“Our love and support go out to Julia and her family at this time,” HBO said in a statement. “We have every confidence she will get through this with her usual tenacity and undaunted spirit, and look forward to her return to health and to HBO for the final season of VEEP.”

The upcoming seventh season of “Veep” was recently announced to be the show’s last, but an individual familiar with the situation told TheWrap that Louis-Dreyfus’s diagnosis played no part in the decision.

Just when you thought… pic.twitter.com/SbtYChwiEj

— Julia Louis-Dreyfus (@OfficialJLD) September 28, 2017

The 15 Cruelest 'Veep' Insults, Ranked (Photos)

The Season 6 finale of "Veep" is almost here. If there's one thing we can't get enough of on this show, it's the insults hurled at rapid-fire. Here's a roundup of some of our favorites.
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15. Season 1 Episode 2 "Frozen Yoghurt"

"And you, you gay Irish fireman... you're okay." - Frozen yoghurt shop owner
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14. Season 5 Episode 2 "Nev-AD-a"

"What is wrong with you, you Paddington Bear-looking f---?" - Amy Brookheimer (Anna Chlumsky)
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13. Season 2 Episode 6 "Andrew"

"You're not even a man. You're like an early draft of a man, where they just sketched out a giant, mangled skeleton but they didn't have time to add details like pigment or self respect. You're Frankenstein's monster, if the monster was made entirely of dead dicks." - Ed Webster (Zach Woods)
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12. Season 1 Episode 5 "Nicknames"

"Grizzly Madam, She-Ra, Meyer the Liar, The Batcave, Pissface…The Wicked Witch of the West Wing, Veep Throat, Voldemeyer, Dickless Van Dyke, Tawdry Hepburn, Blunder Woman, Vaselina, Betty Poop…" - Mike McLintock (Matt Walsh) (reading internet insults)
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11. Season 5 Episode 2 "Nev-AD-a"

"You are not Michael Jordan. You're a seven-foot-tall Lithuanian who's gonna drop dead of Marfan syndrome." - Amy Brookheimer
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10. Season 6 Episode 6 "Qatar"

"You look like the world's least-f---ed geisha." - Selina Meyer
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9. Season 5 Episode 1 "Morning After"

"Right now you're about as toxic as a urinal cake in Chernobyl." -Amy Brookheimer
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8. Season 6 Episode 6 "Qatar"

"You micro-dick weasel! You couldn't even fill my p---hole." - Jane McCabe (Margaret Colin)
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7. Season 6 Episode 9 "A Woman First"

"Shut the f--- up, you epileptic Picasso painting!" - Uncle Jeff (Peter MacNicol)
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6. Season 4 Episode 9 "Testimony"

"The Jonad Files... J-rock, Jack and the Giant Jack-off, Gaylean, Tinkerballs, Wadzilla, One Erection..." - list of insults on a shared drive
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5. Season 4 Episode 5 "Convention"

"You have two settings: no decision, and bad decision. I wouldn't let you run a bath without having the Coast Guard and the Fire Department standing by...You are the worst thing to happen to America since food in buckets, and maybe slavery." - Amy Brookheimer
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4. Season 1 Episode 5 "Nicknames"

"That's like trying to use a f---ing croissant as a dildo. It doesn't do the job and it makes a f---ing mess." - Selina Meyer (Julia Louis-Dreyfus)
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3. Season 4 Episode 8 "B/ill"

"Everyone shut your f---ing holes.The president is not sick, you guys are. You’re parasites. You’re like an infestation of mediocrity. I don’t care if you’re a 1950s radio broadcaster, you’re Fozzy Bear that’s been ripped up and used to smuggle heroin, a Nazi doctor. I don’t even know what the f--- you are."
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2. Season 5 Episode 7 "Congressional Ball"

"No, I am the one who got us this far, you sentient enema." - Uncle Jeff
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1. Season 2 Episode 4 "The Vic Allen Dinner"

"What are you laughing about, Jolly Green Jizz-Face?" -Selina Meyer
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“You are the worst thing to happen to America since food in buckets, and maybe slavery”

The Season 6 finale of "Veep" is almost here. If there's one thing we can't get enough of on this show, it's the insults hurled at rapid-fire. Here's a roundup of some of our favorites.

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