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It had already been one heck of a year for Paul Cauthen before this week, but things just got a whole lot more interesting.<\/p>\n
The 40-year-old country music star announced earlier in 2025 that he is battling cancer, but he didn\u2019t let that stop him as he hit out on the road touring and even putting together a new album. Turns out, that wasn\u2019t all he was doing because he announced on social media that he and his wife, Elizabeth, are expecting a child.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Elizabeth Cauthen) and I are beyond excited to announce a baby boy is on the way,\u201d he wrote on Instagram.<\/b><\/a> <\/b>\u201cSpring 2026!!! We have been trying for over four years now. It\u2019s God\u2019s timing not ours. We are ready to bring Lil Velvet into this world.\u201d<\/p>\n Fans and followers were quick to send congratulations Cauthen\u2019s way. <\/p>\n The news comes just days after Cauthen mentioned his health in a post.<\/p>\n \u201cI cancelled a bunch of shows this year due to being burnt out and sick,\u201d he wrote.<\/b> <\/a>\u201cI got my health right and remembered why I do this in the first place. I\u2019m called to do this. The Lord has blessed me in countless ways. I turned my back, I selfishly chose my way instead of just listening to the calling. <\/p>\n \u201cThankful for all of you who made it out to all my shows,\u201d he continued. \u201cWe wouldn\u2019t do it without you. Boy do we have some songs coming for you!!!! Album is about mixed and ready for master. The band is hot. The team is tight. It just feels right. God bless you!\u201d<\/p>\n While it was not a direct comment about the status of his thyroid cancer, it is encouraging for fans to see him say he got his health right. <\/p>\n Earlier this year, he opened up about exactly what he is doing to treat his thyroid cancer as well as how he thinks things are going during an appearance on the \u201cTen Year Town\u201d podcast with Troy Cartwright.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n \u201cGoing good,\u201d Cauthen said. \u201cWhipping cancer\u2019s ass. It\u2019s going great. I\u2019ve been taking a bunch of supplements. Taking ivermectin, fenbendazole and methylene blue. All these things not a lot of people talk about instead of doing the general way of having your whole endocrine system ripped out of your throat.\u201d<\/p>\n Cauthen then touched on some formerly in his circle being against him taking a holistic approach.<\/p>\n \u201cI went a different way,\u201d he said. \u201cSo, it has been \u2026 a lot of people shunned me for it. A lot of people have gotten a lot of flack. I\u2019ve stopped working with people because of this situation. It\u2019s been weird. You want to actually make a call for your own body, and people want to make calls for your body for you. That was the first time I ever had that feeling. I guess getting cancer is one of those things that kind of opened up who the real people are in your life that are in it for you and your health and your journey back to your most wanted health. Instead of playing psychological games and trying to tell you what to do and have you do this and do that, and you need to be like that, and we have the answers.<\/p>\n \u201cEverybody can tell you what they believe, but you gotta go find it out for yourself.\u201d<\/p>\n Cauthen said that he has always been \u201cas a stubborn as a mule.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s wild. It\u2019s scary,\u201d he said. \u201cI took a tougher road in the end. I\u2019d already be healed up, but there\u2019s a chance I could have lost my voice. There\u2019s you know, I could have been unstable in my calcium and my levels could be, I could feel like I have a weighted blanket on me every day and be fatigued, chronic fatigue. Maybe me sex drive goes down. There\u2019s so many things that can happen when you pull this organ out of your body. It takes you years to get stable on supplements, and you\u2019re married to supplements the rest of your life. So, I\u2019m taking a crapload of supplements now, and I\u2019ve lost 25 pounds, and I believe that in the end I can say that cancer really saved my life because it stopped a lot of my bad habits.<\/p>\n \u201cI was eating double cheeseburgers at 4 a.m. on the bus,\u201d Cauthen said. \u201cI haven\u2019t had bread in a long time or beer really. I have a different outlook. So, in the end, I think in the long game, me getting healthy and taking this path of health and wellness and eating clean is going to save me.\u201d<\/p>\n If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site, you consent to our User Agreement<\/a> and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and\/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n