James Van Der Beek revealed that he had previously had a vasectomy your colorectal cancer diagnosiswhich he announced earlier this week.

“I thought the only way to stop having children is through some medical intervention,” said the 47-year-old father of six. noticed while talking to people in an interview published Saturday.

“I said, listen, guys, you know daddy has surgery on his private parts, so be very careful when you run towards me so you don’t run into anything,” he comically recalled.

Van Der Beek Actions his children with his wife, Kimberly Van Der Beek: Olivia, 14, Joshua, 12, Annabel, 10, Emilia, 8, Gwen, 6 and Jeremiah, 3.

He joked that he and Kimberly “really sucked” at “not getting pregnant” after only planning one of their pregnancies.

“Well, we love having kids, but we didn’t really plan it,” she explained. “One was 100% on purpose.”

“But thank God, honestly, because it’s a big struggle for people and we really don’t take it for granted,” he added. “I joke and laugh, but yeah, we really got lucky that way.”

James and Kimberly have also suffered at least two pregnancy losses over the years.

He revealed on “Dancing with the Stars” in 2019 that Kimberly had a miscarriage and later revealed that had gone through the harrowing experience before.

Kimberly, 42, revealed that she almost lost her life during the 2019 miscarriage.

Continuing to be honest about personal matters with fans, James announced his stage 3 cancer diagnosis on Sunday.

“I have been privately dealing with this diagnosis and have been taking steps to resolve it, with the support of my amazing family,” she said in a statement to People. “There are reasons for optimism and I feel good.”

Hours after his health update, the “Dawson’s Creek” alum took to Instagram to tell his fans that he had He planned to wait to share his cancer diagnosis..

“There’s no manual on how to announce these things, but I had planned to talk at length about it with People magazine sometime soon… to raise awareness and tell my story on my own terms,” ​​she captioned a photo montage. Reel.

“But that plan had to be modified early this morning when I was informed that a tabloid was going to publish the story.”

In a cover story published by People on Friday, he said he was “cautiously optimistic” about his health.

“I’m in a healing place, my energy levels are great,” she said.

“When I’ve been completely out of danger for what seems like a responsible amount of time, I’ll come back and let you know.”

He did not reveal whether or not he was in remission.