FORGING AHEAD

‘Real Housewives of Atlanta’ Star Shares Cancer Diagnosis

The celebrity hairstylist was diagnosed in April after a random blood test.

Dwight Eubanks, once a recurring “friend of” cast member of Real Housewives of Atlanta, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer. The hairstylist and reality star, 64, shared the news with People on Monday, revealing he’d been diagnosed in April after taking a blood test at his church’s health fair. Eubanks also said he’s since discovered he could have received treatment much sooner, as his doctors recorded high PSA (prostate-specific antigen) levels—an indicator of possible prostate cancer—three years ago, but never informed him. “I just have to laugh instead of crying about this whole journey,” Eubanks told People. An Atlanta-based hairstylist and owner of Purple Door Salon, Eubanks became a fixture of Real Housewives of Atlanta in the late 2000s thanks to his rocky friendship with breakout star NeNe Leakes. He’s since appeared on Bravo’s Married to Medicine and the Housewives-adjacent series Botched on E! Since receiving his diagnosis, Eubanks says he’s “exploring possibilities” for treatment, and is working with the charity ZERO Prostate Cancer to promote screenings for Black men, who are twice as likely as white men to die from the cancer.