Chanel West Coast is sharing some devastating news about her father Jamie Dudley’s health.
The Ridiculousness alum, whose real name is Chelsea Chanel Dudley, announced in an Instagram post on Friday, Nov. 8 that her father has been diagnosed with an inoperable cancerous tumor.
“My Dad has an inoperable tumor that is so big it cannot be treated with chemo. Right now we are looking for a miracle,” she wrote in the post.
Her post continued: “Please everyone reading this if you believe in the power of GOD I ask with all my heart to say a prayer for my Dad. Pray he makes it through this somehow someway. Thank you for the support. 🥲🙏🏼♥️.”
The TV personality captioned her post by asking for prayers. “Please pray for my Dad to make it. We need all the prayers possible. I believe in miracles and I know with enough people praying together he may have a chance 🥲🙏🏼♥️.”
Her boyfriend, Dom Fenison, replied in the comment section: “🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼.”
After announcing the news on her profile, she also shared the post on her Instagram Stories and followed up with another message: “In your hardest times, is when you see who truly cares.”
Her stepmom, Linda Kuriloff, also reposted the photo to her Instagram Stories on Nov. 8. She simply added: “💔🙏🏾.”
Throughout Chanel’s career she has shared a few photos alongside her father. More recently, in 2020, she celebrated her father and stepmother’s 16th wedding anniversary on Instagram. “You both bring so much love and light into this world and you deserve it all! Heres to many more years together! Love you!❤️😘🥂,” she wrote in the March 2020 caption.
In 2015, she shared a sweet photo alongside the couple in a celebratory Father’s Day post on her Facebook. “Happy Fathers Day to my pops aka Papa Eastcoast aka my twin lol! We’ve lived across the country from each other my whole life but always manage to stay close. Love you dad!❤️.”
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Jamie is a DJ who lives in New York City. During Chanel’s childhood, she was bicoastal and would spend time with her dad in NYC and then the other time with her mother in Los Angeles, per LA Weekly.
She credits her visits to the East Coast and her dad’s career as part of why she wanted to pursue rap. According to her official site, Jamie would bring along 8-year-old Chanel when he DJ’ed at packed nightclubs. There, she used to hide beneath his DJ booth.
“I’ve always been around music, and I knew it’s what I’d do for the rest of my life. I didn’t have a choice,” she said of her career in music.
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