Bruce Springsteen stood quietly before the mic, his voice low but steady. “She’s fighting like hell,” he said of his wife, Patti Scialfa, who’s currently battling a rare form of blood cancer. The Boss didn’t sugarcoat it — the days have been long, the nights even longer — but he spoke of Patti’s strength with awe. “She still sings around the house,” he added, a small smile breaking through. Fans who’ve followed their decades-long love story were moved to tears by his vulnerability. In a world of loud headlines, this was a quiet update that shook hearts.

‘It’s a tough disease, it’s very fatiguing,’ he told the outlet.

The special will premiere on ABC on October 20 at 10 p.m. EDT. Rock Diary: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, the hitmaker’s documentary, is slated for release on October 25.

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Bruce Springsteen says his wife Patti Scialfa is ‘doing good’ amid her rare blood cancer battle

Patti, who plays guitar in her husband’s E Street Band, was diagnosed with a form of blood cancer called multiple myeloma back in 2018 and stepped back from touring as she faced the health crisis in private.

Earlier last month, she got candid about the disease while at the premiere of Bruce’s documentary at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada.

Speaking about her decision to scale back her stage commitments, Patti explained: ‘I’ve been performing with this band for 40 years. With those first performances, it felt so good to be back onstage.

‘Touring has become a challenge for me. In 2018, well, Bruce and I were doing a play on Broadway. I was diagnosed with early stage multiple myeloma.’

She went on to reveal she tries to come to a show every so often but she’s no longer a regular on stage.

The guitarist added: ‘This affects my immune system so I just have to be careful what I choose to do and where I choose to go.

‘Every once in a while, I come to a show or two and I can sing a few songs onstage, and that’s been a treat. That’s the new normal for me right now, and I’m OK with that.’

The documentary marks the first time Patti has spoken publicly about her cancer diagnosis.

She has been married to Bruce since 1991. They share three children together: Evan, 34, Jessica, 32, and Samuel, 30.

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‘She’s doing good, we caught it early, which was important,’ the guitarist said on Tuesday. ‘It’s a tough disease, it’s very fatiguing’

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When Patti was diagnosed with a form of blood cancer called multiple myeloma back in 2018 and stepped back from touring as she faced the health crisis in private; Patti and Bruce seen in October 2019

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She has been married to Bruce since 1991. They share three children together: Evan, 34, Samuel, 30, and Jessica, 32; seen in 2018

Patti hails from Deal, New Jersey, which is situated along the Jersey Shore in Monmouth County.

The singer-songwriter and guitarist graduated from Asbury Park High School, the same city where Springsteen honed his musical chops before striking the big time in the 1970 and 80s.