While the “Workaholics” movie doesn’t seem likely to happen any time soon, fans of the series can catch up with the former Mail Order Comedy troupe via their podcast This Is Important. Compared to the absurdist nature of “Workaholics,” the podcast is more down to Earth. Adam Devine, Blake Anderson, Anders Holm, and Kyle Newacheck often get candid about their personal lives, like when Devine opened up about his father’s lung cancer diagnosis. According to Devine, his dad was lucky in that he was diagnosed early.
“Usually with lung cancer you don’t find it until it’s too late,” he said. “So we got lucky in the fact that his voice went out. It has to be in a certain lymph node. They said it’s like the fourth lymph node in your neck, and there’s a bunch of them there.” He went on to explain how his father had put some weight on following the diagnosis, but that this was a good thing. “You usually end up losing a lot of weight,” he said. “Because you’re sick, and you don’t want to eat, or you can’t physically eat because of the chemo and the radiation.”
Devine has also opened up about his dad’s health scare on social media. In 2022, on Father’s Day, he posted about him beating the cancer on Instagram, confirming that he was in remission. “I never thought about him not being apart of my life and it shook me to my core,” he said. “As I post this I think of all the people who have lost their fathers and how hard today must be for them.”
