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Mark Hoppus Reflects on His Life, Legacy and Blink-182 After Cancer Battle
In an all-encompassing interview, Mark Hoppus talks to Us Weekly exclusively about beating cancer, Blink-182 and everything in between
“I was in a dark place,” he admits, noting that, while emerging from a post-COVID world during a time when Blink-182 was on hiatus, “I felt really off-kilter.” But finding a “lime-size tumor” in his shoulder, going through testing and a fateful phone call from his doctor changed everything. While the memoir dives deep into his upbringing, path to stardom and health journey, it’s also a love letter to his longtime bandmates, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker, and their loyal fan base. The day before I started chemotherapy, Tom texted me a photo [with] a bunch of women in lingerie for a music video he was filming for [his band] Angels & Airwaves and said, “I’m still creating art over here.” I replied, “Haha, that’s great.
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