William H. Macy gets skin-cancer lesion removed
(CBS) Actor William H. Macy underwent surgery to treat skin cancer on his nose and is currently recovering, the actor told host Kelly Ripa on "Live! With Kelly."
The "Shameless" star appeared on the show Tuesday with a small nude Band-Aid on the bridge of his nose. When Ripa asked the 61-year-old actor about the bandage, he opened up about his surgery, according to the San Francisco Gate.
"I have many, many stories but the truth is I have a basal-cell (carcinoma) and I couldn't make any of the others work," Macy told Ripa on the show. "I did bar fight, I did damsel in distress and what I've come up with so far is, 'If you think I look bad, you should see the surgeon.'"
He continued saying, "I'm Scots/Irish heritage and (that's what I get for) spending a misspent youth in Georgia with no sunscreen."
Macy was on the show to promote the second season of his show "Shameless," in which he plays the head of single-parent family struggling in Chicago. The show's new season is set to premiere Jan. 8 on Showtime at 9 p.m. EST.