Kelsey Grammer supported ‘Frasier’ costar through cancer battle during filming: 'This is your family'

Kelsey Grammer's "Frasier" costar Toks Olagundoye recalled really nan character reassured her that she would not beryllium fired while she was battling bosom crab during nan filming of nan revival series.

During an appearance connected "The Kelly Clarkson Show," nan 49-year-old character recalled that she was diagnosed pinch shape 0 triple antagonistic bosom crab astatine property 46 and nan crab had progressed to shape 1 by nan clip of her first surgery. Olagundoye underwent 2 further surgeries and began moving connected "Frasier" 2 weeks aft completing chemotherapy.

Shortly into production, Olagundoye's expert insisted that she had to acquisition a double mastectomy instantly and nan character feared that she would suffer her job.

"I went to my showrunners and I said, ‘Listen, if you person to occurrence me, I’ve only been connected 3 episodes truthful far, make maine a impermanent prima aliases whatever,’" Olagundoye remembered.

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Kelsey Grammer reassured "Frasier" costar Toks Olagundoye that she would not beryllium fired from nan show while she was battling bosom cancer. (Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Paramount+)

She continued, "And they were like, 'No, we'll do immoderate you request to do, you know, it's fine.' I was like, ‘Great.’"

However, Olagundoye remained doubtful and later told her husband, "I americium judge I’m getting fired immoderate second."

"Because, you know, they talk successful Hollywood and opportunity 1 thing, different point happens," she told Clarkson.

Olagundoye recalled that she was definite she would beryllium fto spell from nan show until she received a "very emotional" telephone from Grammer. ( Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for SCAD)

Olagundoye recalled that she past received a telephone from Grammer, who useful arsenic executive shaper connected "Frasier" on pinch starring arsenic nan titular character.

"I spot Kelsey’s calling and I was like, ‘Yep, this is it, getting fired, correct this second,’" she remembered. 

Olagundoye continued, "He was very emotional, he didn’t recognize what I was going through, and he said, ‘I cognize really actors think, I want to fto you cognize this is your family, you’re not getting fired, we’re going to do immoderate we request to do to make you consciousness comfortable.’ I retrieve him truthful vividly saying, ‘You’re going to beryllium truthful happy aft this. Everything is going to beryllium OK.'"

Kelsey Grammer visits SiriusXM Studios connected Sept. 13, 2024, successful New York City. (Getty Images)

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Olagundoye was a personnel of nan main formed of "Frasier" during nan show's first season, which premiered successful October 2023. She played Professor Olivia Finch, nan chair of Harvard University's psychology section who convinces Dr. Frasier Crane (Grammer) to go a teacher astatine Harvard successful nan series' first episode.

‘"He said, ‘I cognize really actors think, I want to fto you cognize this is your family, you’re not getting fired, we’re going to do immoderate we request to do to make you consciousness comfortable.’"

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The character reprised her domiciled successful nan second play of "Frasier," which debuted successful September.

Olagundoye said she has "never had a TV family rather for illustration the ‘Frasier’ cast." (Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Paramount+)

"I’ve ne'er had a TV family rather for illustration the ‘Frasier’ cast, they’re really astonishing quality beings," Olagundoye told Clarkson. "To beryllium astir them was really nice."

After Olagundoye shared her story, Clarkson amazed nan character by playing a video connection that Grammer had antecedently recorded for her.

"I’m really proud of you for being connected this show and I salute your efforts to raise consciousness and money for breast cancer, and we’ve ever loved you and loved being pinch you erstwhile you were going done your stint, and congratulations connected coming retired nan different side," Grammer said successful nan video. 

Kelsey primitively portrayed Dr. Frasier Crane connected "Cheers," past went connected to play him for 11 seasons successful nan original "Frasier" series. (NBCU Photo Bank)

"I’m deeply, personally grateful that you did," he added.

Grammer first appeared arsenic Frasier Crane connected "Cheers" successful 1984. He landed nan spinoff series, "Frasier," successful 1993 and starred for 11 seasons arsenic nan characteristic earlier it ended successful 2004.

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