GMA's Sam Champion Returns to TV With Facial Scar After Skin Cancer Diagnosis

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Sam Champion is back on TV, and addressing his facial scar. The Good Morning America and WABC weather anchor recently underwent surgery for skin cancer treatment, and opened up about the experience in a segment on the show on Friday (October 18).

The weatherman explained that he had a mark on his right cheek removed earlier this month at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, which turned out to be nodular basal cell carcinoma, and was “larger and deeper” than predicted. Keep reading to find out more… He urged viewers to be “vigilant” while sharing his experience. “I hope that one day no one has to go through surgery to get rid of skin cancer, but, right now, we have to keep our eye on our skin, our hands on our skin … and notice any unusual spots,” he explained. “And if those spots start to change, immediately get care.” Sam added that he no longer “think[s] about going outside without sunscreen.” He clarified that this hasn’t always “been the case,” and got “blistering sunburns” in the past.

But now, he doesn’t “leave home without putting on sunscreen.” “No matter how old you are — my first one was at 26 — no matter what your skin tone, your skin type, your skin color, they’re cutting skin cancer off of everybody.

So, it’s everybody’s issue,” he said, sharing clips from his treatment and admitting to his “disappoint[ment]” over the “big, gaping hole” on his face. “I’m not going to enjoy having a larger scar than I thought I was going to have, but that’s the way it’s going today,” he said.