--- title: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Gives Breast Cancer Update via Katy Perry description: Julia Louis-Dreyfus took to her Instagram to share an update to her treatment for breast cancer with a little help from Katy Perry. canonical: https://time.com/4990984/julia-louis-dreyfus-breast-cancer-chemotherapy-katy-perry/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-20T15:51:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:11.018Z og:title: Katy Perry Helped Julia Louis-Dreyfus Give a Cancer Update og:description: The beloved Veep actress shares her progress og:url: https://time.com/4990984/julia-louis-dreyfus-breast-cancer-chemotherapy-katy-perry/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf50b14ce30db192b/6988e2c897cdff1f776b2f0c/julia-louis-dreyfus-breast-cancer-update-chemotherapy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards - Press Room og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Katy Perry Helped Julia Louis-Dreyfus Give a Cancer Update twitter:description: The beloved Veep actress shares her progress twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf50b14ce30db192b/6988e2c897cdff1f776b2f0c/julia-louis-dreyfus-breast-cancer-update-chemotherapy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Julia Louis-Dreyfus Turned to Katy Perry to Give an Update on Her Breast Cancer Treatment  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 20, 2017 3:51 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus poses in the press room at the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 17: Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus poses in the press room at the 69th annual Primetime Emmy Awards at Microsoft Theater on September 17, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic)Jason LaVeris—FilmMagic  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Oct 20, 2017 3:51 PM UTC [Julia Louis-Dreyfus](http://time.com/4299993/julia-louis-dreyfus-2016-time-100/) has been vocal about [her breast cancer since she was diagnosed in late September](http://time.com/4961480/julia-louis-dreyfus-breast-cancer/). The beloved [_Veep_](http://time.com/4930772/veep-hbo-season-7-last/)actress initially took to her Twitter account [to announce the news and to call for universal health care in the United States](http://time.com/4961887/julia-louis-dreyfus-breast-cancer-celebrity-reactions/). Now, Louis-Dreyfus is using her social platform to share her progress with her cancer treatement, but this time she called on a little help from her _Veep_ co-stars Tony Hale (who plays Selina Meyer’s long-suffering “bag boy” Gary,) Timothy Simons (the series’ much-loathed intern-turned-pundit Jonah) and pop princess [Katy Perry.](http://time.com/4914066/taylor-swift-katy-perry-feud-timeline/) In an Instagram post, Louis-Dreyfus used lyrics from Katy Perry’s song “Roar” to update her followers on her treatment status, noting that she was “finito” with her second round of chemotherapy. “We are NOT f-cking around here,” she wrote in her caption. 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