Melanie Griffith ‘In Denial’ of the Risks of Her Chain Smoking Despite Previous Battle With Cancer
Melanie Griffith is a chain-smoker who continues to spark up, despite her not-so-distant bout with skin cancer. Now, loved ones are pleading with her to quit the habit before it compromises her health even further, a source exclusively tells In Touch.
“She’s clearly addicted to cigarettes and can’t put one out without lighting another. Smoking may keep her thin and suppress her appetite, but it’s a horrible habit that friends wish she’d break,” the insider says.
“With her health history, it’s the last thing she should be doing.”
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The Working Girl star has been open about her history with skin cancer. “It’s a scary thing,” she told InStyle in September 2018. The actress had to have the growth surgically removed from her nose, which was only one of the invasive steps necessary to completely eradicate the disease.
While Melanie said her particular cancer was caused by sun exposure sans sunscreen, it’s no secret burning down cigarettes can lead to all sorts of horrifying ailments, including emphysema, lung and throat cancer, diabetes and heart disease.
In fact, research suggests that 67 percent of smokers will end up dying from smoking-related diseases. Despite her previous health scare and knowing how bad smoking can be for you, the source says that Melanie refuses to break the habit.
Even her close friends and loved ones are trying desperately to get the Body Double actress to see the light and snuff out her smokes.
Her ex husband, Antonio Banderas, had a similarly terrifying health scare when he suffered a heart attack in 2017. He told This Morning in January 2023 that the heart attack “changed my life entirely and completely for good.” Afterwards, he cleaned up his act and began taking better care of himself.
“It made me appreciate life in a completely different way and in a much more powerful way,” the Once Upon a Time in Mexico actor said. “Life is a beautiful thing, we have only one and we have to take care of it.”
Importantly, to Antonio, 64, taking care of his one and only life meant quitting smoking once and for all. He had said the shock of the emergency and his near death experience gave him a new, profound perspective on what’s important in life – and called starting his former smoking habit “probably one of the most stupid things I have ever done in my life.”
Melanie has said that she “loves” all three of her former husbands and that they’re all “very close,” which is why the source says she’s driving them up the wall with her behavior and refusal to listen to their advice.
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“People have told her that, everyone from Antonio to her mom and Kris Jenner, but going without a cigarette makes her too jittery and she forgets about kicking the disgusting habit that leaves smelly traces all over the place.”
“She’s 67. Her lungs must be affected. But every time she gets the urge, she strikes up. She just seems to be in denial over how dangerous this is for her.”
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