June 12, 2025 • 8 mins
Dr. Vanessa Tyler has an exclusive interview with Real Housewives of Atlanta star Dwight Eubanks regarding his recent prostate cancer diagnosis. Dwight takes us through his discovery process and why he has chosen to become a vocal advocate for cancer screening and testing, especially for those in the African American community.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
What's going on with the bitches? Honey women?
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Oh is my gay boyfriend not just Nini's Dwight Eubanks was
our gay boyfriend too. During the seasons he appeared on
the Real Housewives of Atlanta. Dwight, Who do you think
is the bigger diva?
Speaker 3 (00:17):
You or share?
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (00:18):
Me?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Of course, Dwight really took center stage when he made news.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
I've been going to these doctors in one doctor office
for all these years and nobody said anything to me
about high PSA.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
His diagnosis in Blackland and now as a brown person,
you just feel so invisible where we're from. Brothers and sisters.
I welcome you to this joyful.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Day and we celebrate freedom.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
Where we are.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
I know someone heard something and where we're going.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
We the people means all the people. The Black Information
Network presents Blackland with your host Vanessa Tyler. I try
to say reality TV is not really real, but one
of our fan favorites is dealing with a real dose
of real life, something that has likely touched you and
your family. I know it's touched mine. It's cancer. We
(01:14):
were all stunned to hear the always debonair Dwight Eubanks
was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Dwight joins me now on
this Men's Health Awareness Month to talk about this disease
affecting so many of our men. Dwight welcome, Thank you
for having me. How are you feeling right now?
Speaker 1 (01:32):
I feel amazing and I look amazing.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
You know he does. We've seen his style over many
seasons at Housewives, and like he kept the ladies in check,
he plans to keep this cancer thing in check too.
When and how did you get the news?
Speaker 1 (01:48):
I got the news from well, this journey start many
years ago. But I got the news from a health
fair that we had been doing in twenty twenty four,
and we went over and extended over In twenty twenty five.
and I did the test and two days we three
(02:11):
or four days later, my doctor said I need to
come into the office. So I went into the well. First,
I was like, why do I need to come into
the office, and he said, come into the office. And
went into the office and he dropped the ball that
my PSA was elevated. It was high, and we agreed
(02:34):
that I would just watch the numbers and see what happens,
and we agreed that it would come back in like
April May and get another test done, and so I
did and the elevation had gone up.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Add to this a family connection my grandfather.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
My grandfather died from prostate cancer and when he died
over twenty five years ago, I was aware of it,
but we never talked about it. You know, the Black
family don't really talk about our health, particularly the Black man.
And I was told back then that not to worry,
being that it was on my mother's side of the family.
(03:16):
My chances of having prostate cancer and slim to none,
so I never gave it much thought. Now, mind you,
I come from a generations back in the HIV days
and I've been an advocate for HIV and AIDS and
sitting on panels. So a lot of my friends had died.
So I had been going to the doctor checking everything
and make sure everything is okay. And it has been
(03:39):
so I'm thinking, I'm fine. Yeah, that was just being
silly and got tested and here I am. So now
it's has elevated up. It's not stage four. We have
not gotten that far yet.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
He has made the decision to take us on his journey,
even becoming an ambassador working in partnership with Zero Prostate Cancer,
billed as the nation's number one provider of prostate cancer resources,
programs and services. Every two minutes a man is diagnosed
with prostate cancer. That's hundreds of thousands of cases a year,
(04:16):
and Black men disproportionately diagnosed with the disease and twice
as likely to die. But it does not have to
be a death sentence.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
I've been going to these doctors in one doctor office
for all these years, and nobody said anything to me
about high PSA.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Do you know we have issues in terms of the
way African Americans in the medical industry, And I'm wondering
whether that had something to do with it, because yes,
you should have known that those numbers were high, like
you said two three years ago.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Well, again, this is the problem why black men don't
go to the doctor is because they're not always honest
with us. And of course, my grandfather was in the
service and the army, so that Teskee situation steal lingers
in our community, and we're just so conditioned and at
some point we have to break the cycle.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
He is breaking the cycle by speaking out and speaking.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Up all my close friends now straight end gay are
going to the doctors. So I guess the mission has
been accomplished for the good. And that was the purpose
of going public, was to just to encourage guys to
go to the doctor.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
It's just a blood test. Do it before it's too late.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Look at Dexter King. He waited too late before anything
can be done.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Doctor Martin Luther King Junior's youngest son. Dexter died of
prostate cancer in January of twenty twenty four, just days
before his sixty third birthday. Lately, another high profile diagnosis
made breaking news.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
We are continuing our breaking news coverage here on NBC
News Now. If you're just joining us to recamp here,
former President Biden, we've learned, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer,
according to a statement really least by his personal office,
just in the last five ten minutes.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Here.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
They say that it was just in May when eighty
two year old Joe Biden made the public announcement, although
it's believed he had to have it for years. The
former president also let the world know it's aggressive stage four.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Most prostate cancers do not begin with symptoms. Actually, in
today's day and age, most prostate cancers are detected through
a PSA blood test. Symptoms are really only common if
patients have advanced disease if it's been detected late.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
For Dwight Eubanks, the diagnosis is something he is still
trying to process.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
You could not have told me that my elevations was high,
my PSA was high. Yeah, I just I'm still in shock.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Shock and fear of the side effects and the horror
stories about prostate operations.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
The leaking, not getting an erection. A man at sixty
and not getting an erection. It's like, what's the purpose? What's the point?
Regardless of what my sexual preference or what you think
my sexual preference is, that's irrelevant. At the end of
the day, I'm still a man, and I'm a black man. First.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
So he went to his father, not his biological one,
as heavenly one with the question many with a cancer
diagnosis ask in prayer.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
I asked him one thing. I said, Well, I asked him,
well how long am I going to live? And he
said thirty years or more, so it's okay, I'll take that.
Then I said, well, maybe I didn't ask the right way.
I said, well, will I live to be thirty years?
(07:39):
And have a healthy life, and he says yes. So
then I asked him, I said, okay, well I got
thirty years, I'm gonna be healthy. Well, well my penis
still work and he said yeah, So at ninety if
I'm still sexually active and healthy, I'll take it.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
And we miss you so much on the Real Housewife,
of course, are you still in touch with the ladies?
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Yes, I am. I have not had the courage to
call Phaedra before she went on Housewife and before the
whole Housewife franchise happened. So we are really friends, for real,
for real.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Dwight Eubanks, thank you for sharing and potentially saving lives.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
My pleasure. Thank you, Good evening, then goodnight.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
You can follow Dwight on all social media and for
prostate cancer to get all questions answered, plus how we
can help our men by going to the zero Prostate
Cancer website zero cancer dot org. I'm Vanessa Tyler. Look
for a New black Land every week.
What's going on with the bitches? Honey women?
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Oh is my gay boyfriend not just Nini's Dwight Eubanks was
our gay boyfriend too. During the seasons he appeared on
the Real Housewives of Atlanta. Dwight, Who do you think
is the bigger diva?
Speaker 3 (00:17):
You or share?
Speaker 1 (00:18):
Oh?
Speaker 4 (00:18):
Me?
Speaker 2 (00:19):
Of course, Dwight really took center stage when he made news.
Speaker 1 (00:23):
I've been going to these doctors in one doctor office
for all these years and nobody said anything to me
about high PSA.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
His diagnosis in Blackland and now as a brown person,
you just feel so invisible where we're from. Brothers and sisters.
I welcome you to this joyful.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
Day and we celebrate freedom.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
Where we are.
Speaker 1 (00:48):
I know someone heard something and where we're going.
Speaker 2 (00:51):
We the people means all the people. The Black Information
Network presents Blackland with your host Vanessa Tyler. I try
to say reality TV is not really real, but one
of our fan favorites is dealing with a real dose
of real life, something that has likely touched you and
your family. I know it's touched mine. It's cancer. We
(01:14):
were all stunned to hear the always debonair Dwight Eubanks
was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Dwight joins me now on
this Men's Health Awareness Month to talk about this disease
affecting so many of our men. Dwight welcome, Thank you
for having me. How are you feeling right now?
Speaker 1 (01:32):
I feel amazing and I look amazing.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
You know he does. We've seen his style over many
seasons at Housewives, and like he kept the ladies in check,
he plans to keep this cancer thing in check too.
When and how did you get the news?
Speaker 1 (01:48):
I got the news from well, this journey start many
years ago. But I got the news from a health
fair that we had been doing in twenty twenty four,
and we went over and extended over In twenty twenty five.
and I did the test and two days we three
(02:11):
or four days later, my doctor said I need to
come into the office. So I went into the well. First,
I was like, why do I need to come into
the office, and he said, come into the office. And
went into the office and he dropped the ball that
my PSA was elevated. It was high, and we agreed
(02:34):
that I would just watch the numbers and see what happens,
and we agreed that it would come back in like
April May and get another test done, and so I
did and the elevation had gone up.
Speaker 2 (02:50):
Add to this a family connection my grandfather.
Speaker 1 (02:53):
My grandfather died from prostate cancer and when he died
over twenty five years ago, I was aware of it,
but we never talked about it. You know, the Black
family don't really talk about our health, particularly the Black man.
And I was told back then that not to worry,
being that it was on my mother's side of the family.
(03:16):
My chances of having prostate cancer and slim to none,
so I never gave it much thought. Now, mind you,
I come from a generations back in the HIV days
and I've been an advocate for HIV and AIDS and
sitting on panels. So a lot of my friends had died.
So I had been going to the doctor checking everything
and make sure everything is okay. And it has been
(03:39):
so I'm thinking, I'm fine. Yeah, that was just being
silly and got tested and here I am. So now
it's has elevated up. It's not stage four. We have
not gotten that far yet.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
He has made the decision to take us on his journey,
even becoming an ambassador working in partnership with Zero Prostate Cancer,
billed as the nation's number one provider of prostate cancer resources,
programs and services. Every two minutes a man is diagnosed
with prostate cancer. That's hundreds of thousands of cases a year,
(04:16):
and Black men disproportionately diagnosed with the disease and twice
as likely to die. But it does not have to
be a death sentence.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
I've been going to these doctors in one doctor office
for all these years, and nobody said anything to me
about high PSA.
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Do you know we have issues in terms of the
way African Americans in the medical industry, And I'm wondering
whether that had something to do with it, because yes,
you should have known that those numbers were high, like
you said two three years ago.
Speaker 1 (04:46):
Well, again, this is the problem why black men don't
go to the doctor is because they're not always honest
with us. And of course, my grandfather was in the
service and the army, so that Teskee situation steal lingers
in our community, and we're just so conditioned and at
some point we have to break the cycle.
Speaker 2 (05:07):
He is breaking the cycle by speaking out and speaking.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
Up all my close friends now straight end gay are
going to the doctors. So I guess the mission has
been accomplished for the good. And that was the purpose
of going public, was to just to encourage guys to
go to the doctor.
Speaker 2 (05:27):
It's just a blood test. Do it before it's too late.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Look at Dexter King. He waited too late before anything
can be done.
Speaker 2 (05:34):
Doctor Martin Luther King Junior's youngest son. Dexter died of
prostate cancer in January of twenty twenty four, just days
before his sixty third birthday. Lately, another high profile diagnosis
made breaking news.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
We are continuing our breaking news coverage here on NBC
News Now. If you're just joining us to recamp here,
former President Biden, we've learned, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer,
according to a statement really least by his personal office,
just in the last five ten minutes.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
Here.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
They say that it was just in May when eighty
two year old Joe Biden made the public announcement, although
it's believed he had to have it for years. The
former president also let the world know it's aggressive stage four.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Most prostate cancers do not begin with symptoms. Actually, in
today's day and age, most prostate cancers are detected through
a PSA blood test. Symptoms are really only common if
patients have advanced disease if it's been detected late.
Speaker 2 (06:31):
For Dwight Eubanks, the diagnosis is something he is still
trying to process.
Speaker 1 (06:35):
You could not have told me that my elevations was high,
my PSA was high. Yeah, I just I'm still in shock.
Speaker 2 (06:43):
Shock and fear of the side effects and the horror
stories about prostate operations.
Speaker 1 (06:49):
The leaking, not getting an erection. A man at sixty
and not getting an erection. It's like, what's the purpose? What's the point?
Regardless of what my sexual preference or what you think
my sexual preference is, that's irrelevant. At the end of
the day, I'm still a man, and I'm a black man. First.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
So he went to his father, not his biological one,
as heavenly one with the question many with a cancer
diagnosis ask in prayer.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
I asked him one thing. I said, Well, I asked him,
well how long am I going to live? And he
said thirty years or more, so it's okay, I'll take that.
Then I said, well, maybe I didn't ask the right way.
I said, well, will I live to be thirty years?
(07:39):
And have a healthy life, and he says yes. So
then I asked him, I said, okay, well I got
thirty years, I'm gonna be healthy. Well, well my penis
still work and he said yeah, So at ninety if
I'm still sexually active and healthy, I'll take it.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
And we miss you so much on the Real Housewife,
of course, are you still in touch with the ladies?
Speaker 1 (08:03):
Yes, I am. I have not had the courage to
call Phaedra before she went on Housewife and before the
whole Housewife franchise happened. So we are really friends, for real,
for real.
Speaker 2 (08:16):
Dwight Eubanks, thank you for sharing and potentially saving lives.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
My pleasure. Thank you, Good evening, then goodnight.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
You can follow Dwight on all social media and for
prostate cancer to get all questions answered, plus how we
can help our men by going to the zero Prostate
Cancer website zero cancer dot org. I'm Vanessa Tyler. Look
for a New black Land every week.
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