James Van Der Beek is “gutted” to drop out of Monday’s long-awaited “Dawson’s Creek” reunion .

The actor, who went public with his stage 3 colorectal cancer battle in November 2024, explained to his Instagram followers over the weekend that he is “out of commission.”

On Sunday, the “Varsity Blues” star, 48, wrote, “Two stomach viruses conspired to … keep me grounded at the worst possible moment.”

He noted that the charity event, put on in partnership with F Cancer, was the “evening [he’d] been looking forward to most” since Michelle Williams came up with the idea in January.

Van Der Beek and Williams, 45, were set to reunite with Busy Philipps, Katie Holmes, Joshua Jackson and more former co-stars in New York City at the Richard Rodgers Theatre.

“Despite every effort… I won’t get

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