Val Kilmer Cancer Crisis: Michael Douglas Tells All

Val Kilmer is continuing to battle cancer — with The National ENQUIRER's bombshell exclusive on his fragile health now confirmed by film star Michael Douglas! Val's costar in “The Ghost in the Darkness” startled fans in London by speaking frankly about his pal's health during a public appearance in London, saying: “My prayers are with him.”

Sadly, Michael wasn't upbeat about Val's battle with the deadly cancer, adding that “things don’t look good for him.” The ENQUIRER first revealed in Nov. 2015 that Val was shockingly ill after battling cancer. At the time, Val’s mother, Gladys Leach, confirmed he had a throat tumor and had undergone a tracheotomy.

But the devout Christian Scientist refused traditional medical treatments and is relying on the healing power of prayer, divulged insiders. “Val ‘talks’ to the illness, and meditates on it,” said a source.

Close pals, however, were also complaining the actor is in deep denial, with Val insisting: “There’s a rumor I’m unwell again and in the hospital, which is totally untrue.” But The ENQUIRER soon had photos of him using a breathing tube in public!

In June 2016, The ENQUIRER caught Val hiding out in Hawaii — where the frail actor was showing the scars of his ravaged body after he underwent last-ditch medical treatments!

Tragically, Val's haggard appearance in Hawaii came just months after the troubled actor wrote bizarre Facebook posts about filming a "Top Gun" sequel that wasn't even being made!

Val continues to work, though. The actor still looked gaunt in Sept. while sitting through an appearance with fans who paid $80 for a "meet-and-greet screening" of the actor's Mark Twain biopic "Citizen Twain" — a bizarre passion project that's consumed most of Kilmer's recent years.

“Val was a wonderful guy," said Michael, "who is dealing with exactly what I had, and things don’t look too good for him!” As reported by The ENQUIRER, Val's old friend has also battled cancer — with fans also concerned for Michael during his own troubling recent appearances. “My prayers are with him," added Michael. "That’s why you haven’t heard too much from Val lately.”