YouTube star Ninja, né Richard Tyler Blevins, has been diagnosed with skin cancer.
On Tuesday, the gamer, 32, revealed his wife, Jessica Blevins, 31, had scheduled an appointment with a dermatologist for him for an annual skin/mole checkup.
During the appointment, it was recommended Tyler have a mole on the bottom of his foot removed as a precaution, and it turned out to be melanoma, which is a form of skin cancer.
“Alright I’m still in a bit of shock but want to keep you all updated. A few weeks ago I went in to a dermatologist for an annual skin/mole check that Jess proactively scheduled for me. There was a mole on the bottom of my foot that they wanted to remove just to be careful,” the online star wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter).
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“It came back as melanoma, but they are optimistic that …