Busy Philipps
ON THE RECORD · 14 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“I just kept saying to her, ‘Birdie, you’re just not in the movie where your mom dies your senior year of high school. That’s just not the movie that you’re in. I promise you.’ [Cricket’s] reaction … was like, ‘OK. You’re going to be fine?’ And I was like, ‘I’m totally going to be fine.’ And she’s like, ‘OK.’”
Busy Philipps · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-26
Philipps remembered reassuring her two children, Birdie and Cricket, about her brain tumor diagnosis.
“[I wrote], ‘OMG I have a brain tumor.’ And he wrote back, ‘Busy, what? What are you saying? What are you talking about?’ I was like, ‘It looks fine. It’s probably benign. I don’t know.’”
Busy Philipps · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-26
Philipps recalled texting her ex-husband Marc Silverstein when a lesion was found on her brain.
“grateful to be alive.”
Busy Philipps · said 2026-08-12 · reported 2026-08-26
A photo caption states the actress, shown on Aug. 12, is grateful to be alive according to her Instagram.
“I’ve been saying this for the last few years,”
Busy Philipps · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-26
Philipps noted she had been saying for years that something felt misfiring in her brain.
“I was really, really upset.”
Busy Philipps · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-26
Philipps expressed being really upset after needing a second surgery to clear a staph infection.
“kind of beside herself and really, really scared and overwhelmed with emotion.”
Busy Philipps · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-26
Philipps described the reaction of her eldest daughter Birdie to the tumor diagnosis.
“hyperventilating and trying to breathe”
Busy Philipps · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-26
Philipps described her reaction to the confirmation that she had a brain tumor.
“There’s nothing to be afraid of in having information. It’s only empowering.”
Busy Philipps · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-26
Philipps said there is nothing to be afraid of in having medical information and that it is only empowering.
“the luckiest girl in the world.”
Busy Philipps · said 2026-08-26 · reported 2026-08-26
Philipps dubbed herself the luckiest girl in the world in a People cover story about her diagnosis.
“weirdest six months of my life,”
Busy Philipps · said 2026-08-26 · reported 2026-08-26
Busy Philipps revealed she was diagnosed with a rare malignant brain tumor and underwent two brain surgeries during what she called the weirdest six months of her life.
“I wasn’t consciously aware that anything was really wrong, but there was something that was misfiring. Like, I could not get a handle on it.”
Busy Philipps · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-26
Philipps described not being consciously aware something was wrong but feeling something was misfiring before her diagnosis.
“I’m grateful that I’m alive,”
Busy Philipps · said 2026-08-26 · reported 2026-08-26
Philipps told People in a cover story about her brain tumor diagnosis and recovery.
“We are frequently told by doctors that there is nothing to worry about [when] you kind of know that there’s something to worry about,”
Busy Philipps · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-26
Philipps added that patients are frequently told by doctors there is nothing to worry about even when they sense something is wrong.
“I just felt like I was back to square one,”
Busy Philipps · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-26
Philipps explained how she felt after contracting a staphylococcus infection that required a second surgery.