Julia Louis-Dreyfus is reflecting on a tough decision.

Over eight years after the Seinfeld actor shared her breast cancer diagnosis with the world in 2017, she admitted that she felt forced to disclose the health battle.

“I was kind of backed into a corner on that one,” Julia, 64, explained in the Dec. 9 episode of Amy Poehlor ’s Good Hang podcast. “It’s funny how that worked out because normally, I would not have done that. I’m very private . But because we had to shut Veep down for a year, I had to make a public thing about it. You know, 250 people weren’t going to be working.”

Indeed, the Veep alum—who starred as politician Selina Meyer in the HBO satire—started her treatment when the series postponed production that year

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