--- title: julia louis dreyfus has breast cancer and celebrities react description: Celebrities react to Julia Louis-Dreyfus's cancer diagnosis with messages of suppot for the Veep actress. canonical: https://time.com/4961887/julia-louis-dreyfus-breast-cancer-celebrity-reactions/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-09-28T21:20:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:47:40.707Z og:title: Celebrities React to Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Cancer Diagnosis og:description: "We love this woman." og:url: https://time.com/4961887/julia-louis-dreyfus-breast-cancer-celebrity-reactions/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2be48407732f8fad/6988dfd60a4a220c579d01d4/julia-louis-dreyfus-emmys.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Julia-Louis-Dreyfus-Emmys og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Celebrities React to Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Cancer Diagnosis twitter:description: "We love this woman." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2be48407732f8fad/6988dfd60a4a220c579d01d4/julia-louis-dreyfus-emmys.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # 'We Love This Woman': Celebrities React to Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Cancer Diagnosis  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 28, 2017 9:20 PM UTC  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. 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.Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Sep 28, 2017 9:20 PM UTC Celebrities have shown an outpouring of support for [Julia Louis-Dreyfus](http://time.com/4961480/julia-louis-dreyfus-breast-cancer/) in the wake of the [_Veep_](http://time.com/4930772/veep-hbo-season-7-last/)star’s online announcement that she has been diagnosed with [breast cancer](http://time.com/4950238/breast-cancer-screening-women/). Dreyfus took to Twitter Thursday afternoon to break the news and call for [universal health care](http://time.com/4945688/world-health-organization-universal-health-coverage/) in the United States. “1 in 8 women get breast cancer. Today, I’m the one,” she wrote. “The good news is that I have the most glorious group of supportive and caring family and friends, and fantastic insurance through my union. The bad news is that not all women are so lucky, so let’s fight all cancers and make universal health care a reality.” Her post prompted messages of love and well wishes from a number of [fellow celebrities](https://twitter.com/AnnaKendrick47/status/913461525083549698), including her _Veep_ co-stars Tony Hale and Sam Richardson. “We love this woman,” Hale wrote. “She is one of the strongest and caring people I know,” Richardson added. “Nothing can stop her. Not even this.” > [](https://twitter.com/MrTonyHale/status/913462616948797440) > [](https://twitter.com/SamRichardson/status/913488184671035393) See a selection of the responses below. > [](https://twitter.com/1capplegate/status/913454418116218880) > [](https://twitter.com/DebraMessing/status/913459742806220801) > [](https://twitter.com/TheEllenShow/status/913476442477883392) > [](https://twitter.com/kathygriffin/status/913463569387110400) > [](https://twitter.com/kathygriffin/status/913464066080882689) > [](https://twitter.com/SarahKSilverman/status/913464581569183744) > [](https://twitter.com/MarkDuplass/status/913463794017255424) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4961887/julia-louis-dreyfus-breast-cancer-celebrity-reactions/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4961887/julia-louis-dreyfus-breast-cancer-celebrity-reactions/"},"headline":"'We Love This Woman': Celebrities React to Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Cancer Diagnosis","datePublished":"2017-09-28T21:20:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:47:40.707Z","description":"Celebrities react to Julia Louis-Dreyfus's cancer diagnosis with messages of suppot for the Veep actress.","url":"https://time.com/4961887/julia-louis-dreyfus-breast-cancer-celebrity-reactions/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","twitter","Julia Louis-Dreyfus"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2be48407732f8fad/6988dfd60a4a220c579d01d4/julia-louis-dreyfus-emmys.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2be48407732f8fad/6988dfd60a4a220c579d01d4/julia-louis-dreyfus-emmys.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Julia-Louis-Dreyfus-Emmys","caption":"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.","creditText":"Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4961887/julia-louis-dreyfus-breast-cancer-celebrity-reactions/","name":"'We Love This Woman': Celebrities React to Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Cancer Diagnosis"}}]}] ```