Former NFL star and Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders opted to provide zero details about his rumored romantic relationship with actress Karrueche Tran.
The rumors about Sanders, 57, and Tran, 37, being romantically involved swirled after she made appearances in a video shot to disclose the Hall of Famer’s bladder cancer diagnosis.
But Sanders, in a July 31 interview on former NFL star Asante Samuel’s Say What Needs To Be Said podcast, kept mum about his relationship with Tran when the host brought that topic up.
“Don’t kill the messenger,” Samuel said, per PEOPLE. “Everyone seen Karrueche Tran by your side during your hospital visit. Everyone wants to know what that friendship is.”
And though Sanders smiled after Samuel brought that topic up, he jokingly pretended like he did not hear what was said.
“We got a bad connection,” Sanders jokingly said before making sounds to suggest a network issue. “I can’t hear [you].”
In the video in question, Tran is seen with Sanders at the hospital and crying. Sanders went under the knife to remove his bladder. “We are dealing with bladder cancer,” Tran says in the video.
“He is having his bladder removed and they will create a new bladder with one of his intestines,” she also tells viewers.
As previously reported by Face2Face Africa, Sanders on July 28 opened up about being diagnosed with bladder cancer and having to go under the knife to remove the tumorous organ.
Per ESPN, Sanders disclosed that no traces of cancer had been found after he underwent the surgery to remove his bladder, adding that he was now going to return to his coaching duties this season.
Sanders also disclosed that he lost around 25 pounds. Colorado team trainer Lauren Askevold said that the tumor was found in Sanders’ bladder when he underwent a usual routine vascular exam as a result of issues with blood clots in his legs.
Dr. Janet Kukreja, the director of urological oncology at University of Colorado Cancer Center, confirmed that Sanders had been “cured of cancer,” and that was a “word” she did not use “lightly.” Kukreja said that a new bladder for Sanders was made with a portion of his small intestine.
