In November 2015, Ayers stuck by his cancer diagnosis, but admitted to E! News he faked certain medical documents about his alleged cancer battle. His statement to E! read: Words cannot express the deep regret that I have in fabricating documents to prove to the world that I, in fact, have cancer.

Did Brooks on Real Housewives have cancer?

During the reunion episode of Real Housewives of Orange County in 2013, Brooks said he was diagnosed with stage III non-Hodgkins lymphoma.

Did Brooks Ayers have chemo?

Ayers vehemently denied allegations that he was faking having cancer, standing by his story when ET spoke to him last September. Two months later, City of Hope Medical Center -- where Ayers claimed he had gotten chemo for stage 3 non-Hodgkins lymphoma -- confirmed to ET that he had never been treated as a patient.

Did Vicki know Brooks was lying about cancer?

“Vicki was not in on any cancer scam or created storyline. There is no scam. “Vicki is a woman of integrity and compassion, and would never lie about something so serious as this,” he concluded. Ayers previously admitted that he did lie, however, when he presented fabricated cancer documents on air.

Why did Brooks Ayers fake cancer?

Though he maintained he was diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2013, Ayers claimed he drafted the fake documents in order to quiet Gunvalsons RHOC castmates, who had been questioning the validity of his illness at the time.