The Bachelorette alum Ali Fedotowsky is sharing an update on husband Kevin Manno’s thyroid cancer.
“He had a follow-up ultrasound recently because only half his thyroid was taken out when he had the cancer removed,” Fedotowsky, 41, responded to a fan during an Instagram Q&A on Friday, January 23. “That ultrasound did find a spot that we need to watch, which is definitely unsettling because ‘a spot that we needed to watch’ is how we found his thyroid cancer the first time.”
Fedotowsky’s update comes one year after she revealed that Manno, 42, had been diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer.
“Thankfully, it’s a very treatable cancer,” Fedotowsky wrote via Instagram in January 2025. “He has 2 malignant spots on his right side, and it appears it is also in one lymph node, but we won’t know for sure until his surgery.”
Fedotowsky also asked her followers to share their own experiences with thyroid cancer diagnoses.
“We are specifically curious about stories related to whether or not you or someone you know had their full thyroid or half of it removed with the cancer only on one side,” the post continued. “If the surgeon gets in there and determines the whole thing has to be removed regardless, we will, of course, move forward with that. But going into the surgery, he has a choice to be aggressive or leave half if possible.”
Fedotowsky concluded, “Thank you all for the love and support you’ve always shown us. We are grateful ❤️.”
The couple also shared a video with more details about Manno’s diagnosis.
“We always try to be very open and honest,” Manno said. “We’re open books with our lives. We want to give you guys a quick update with something that’s happening over here in the Manno family, but I’m not stressing about it. … The prognosis is very good. It looks good. It’s going to be something I can go in [on] February 10 [and have a] surgery. We’re going to knock it out and it’ll be behind us.”
Fedotowsky, who shares kids Molly, 8, and Riley, 6, with Manno, added, “We also met with another oncologist to get a second opinion and learn. The first thing he said to us was, ‘If you have to get cancer, this is the cancer you want to get.’ Because it’s so treatable. He called it a ‘boring cancer.’ That’s good [and] what you want to hear.”
In a March 2025 update following Manno’s surgery, Fedotowsky told fans that her husband had half of his thyroid removed.
“We went in, not knowing if they’d have to take the whole thing or half,” Fedotowsky wrote via Instagram. “Thankfully, it did not metastasize through his lymph nodes, and it really was the best possible scenario. Happy to report that this guy’s thyroid pathology report came back negative! Meaning the cancer is totally gone. After his surgery, they took the thyroid to have it tested to make sure they got all the margins.”
The reality TV personality added, “It’s likely that he will have to go on medication the rest of his life, but it’s kind of a wait-and-see at this point.”
Fedotowsky tied the knot with Manno in 2017, six years after she got engaged to Roberto Martinez during the finale of The Bachelorette in 2010. (The pair subsequently ended their engagement in 2011.)
