Al Roker shares his prostate cancer diagnosis on Today

Roker will undergo surgery next week to remove his prostate and is remaining as optimistic as you’d assume the popular news personality would be. “We’ll just wait and see, and hopefully in about two weeks, I’ll be back,” Roker told his colleagues. He also used the time to encourage Black men to get checked while also noting some of the obstacles that prevent the community from getting the care it needs, acknowledging that his doctors were able to check him aggressively thanks to his access to decent health care. “A lot of people don’t have access to that,” he said.

Roker has always openly shared past health roadblocks, including the need for hip replacement surgery just last year. You can check out the full announcement and the follow-up discussion below. We wish Roker a speedy recovery.