What virus did Michael Flatley have?

Popular Irish dancer, Michael Flatley has been diagnosed with a serious type of cancer. His social media accounts which seemed to be handled by a different person shared that the renowned dancer has been diagnosed with a rare disease.

“Dear friends, we have something personal to share, Michael Flatley has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer. He has undergone surgery and is in the care of an excellent team of doctors. No further comments will be made at this point. We ask only for your prayers and well wishes. Thank you. Teamlord,” the post read.

Flatley himself revealed to the media in 2003 that he had a rare form of skin cancer he was diagnosed with, which he had been battling for some time. The cancer was called malignant melanoma.

“It was purely by chance that it was noticed,” he said.

He also once suffered a virus that left him in bed for quite a long time.

“Nobody knew what the illness was, and they still don’t. They tested for every virus known to man, and I didn’t even have any of them. But sometimes you just can’t explain things. My body had simply had enough. I’m convinced the reason I got ill was that I was burn out. I’d been working at a tremendous pace physically, for years and years – not just performing but running my own business, too. I’d had years of dancing too hard and partying too hard, and when you come off stage and 15,000 people are on their feet, screaming for encores, it takes long time to come down from that. Your adrenal glands are bursting,” he said.