Richard Simmons reveals skin cancer diagnosis after posting concerning message about dying

The “Sweatin’ to the Oldies” host said Massey told him to return to the office in an hour and a half to make sure the cancer was gone.

“After driving around the city, I went back to some sad news. I didn’t get it all out,” he wrote. “He burned my face again. This time was worse than before…It was deeper. I did not cry this time but I did grit my teeth.”

Simmons cryptically concluded his post by writing, “To be continued,” so it is unclear whether he is still receiving treatments.

Page Six has reached out to his rep and manager for comment.

The health update comes after the flamboyant exercise personality penned a troubling Facebook post Monday saying he was “dying” and telling his supporters not to “be sad.”

However, he clarified hours later that he was “not dying,” adding, “It was a message about saying how we should embrace every day that we have. Sorry for this confusion.”

Simmons famously retreated from the spotlight in 2014 and closed his iconic Beverly Hills, Calif., fitness studio, Slimmons, two years later.

His sudden absence led the Los Angeles Police Department to conduct a welfare check at his home in 2017, and detectives subsequently said the weight-loss expert was “perfectly fine.”

Simmons most recently told The Post in 2022 via his rep that he was “happy, healthy and living the life he has chosen to live.”