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Podcast: Stanley Tucci on ‘Tucci on Italy,’ the CNN Snub That Led Him to Nat Geo, and Possible Spinoffs in Other Countries
The beloved character actor says that his interest in hosting a food-centric program accelerated, ironically, when he couldn't eat at all due to treatment for oral cancer: "It was a really scary time. I lost 30 pounds. I could barely walk. You're on morphine for a while because the pain in your mouth is so excrutiating. It was horrible."
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According to The Hollywood Reporter’s source item, Podcast: Stanley Tucci on ‘Tucci on Italy,’ the CNN Snub That Led Him to Nat Geo, and Possible Spinoffs in Other Countries, The beloved character actor says that his interest in hosting a food-centric program accelerated, ironically, when he couldn’t eat at all due to treatment for oral cancer: “It was a really scary time. I lost 30 pounds. I could barely walk. You’re on morphine for a while because the pain in your mouth is so excrutiating. It was horrible.”
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- Podcast: Stanley Tucci on ‘Tucci on Italy,’ the CNN Snub That Led Him to Nat Geo, and Possible Spinoffs in Other CountriesThe Hollywood Reporter - 2026-06-01T22:20:55+00:00
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