Stanley Tucci revealed the details of his battle with oral cancer, five years after his diagnosis.

The Oscar-winning “Lovely Bones” actor sat down with “Today” host Willie Geist for a conversation about his love for food, Hollywood projects and his health published Sunday. The “Devil Wears Prada” star told Geist that he was “absolutely terrified” when he learned he had cancer in 2017.

“It was terrifying. My first wife died of cancer. I’ve had a lot of friends who died of cancer,” Tucci, 62, told Geist. “When I got it, I was completely shocked.”

The actor, who was promoting his new Prime Video show “Citadel,” said oral cancer was “common” among men his age. Tucci said he was misdiagnosed for two years and he was “lucky” that the cancer did not metastasize.

Tucci said his tumor was too large to remove via surgery and he subsequently underwent 35 days of treatment, including six rounds of “light-dose” chemotherapy.

“It was awful,” he said.

Tucci, whose affinity for good food has stemmed into a lucrative career with projects including CNN’s “Searching for Italy,” said the treatment took its toll on his body and diet.

“I lost 35 pounds,” he said. “I couldn’t eat. I had a feeding tube for six months and everything tasted like you-know-what and smelled like you-know-what.”

He continued: “And it took months and months and months for me to finally be able to eat again and then taste properly again.”

The “Hunger Games” star reassured Geist that he’s “fine” and currently in good health, despite the diagnosis and the rigorous treatment. He also boasted he “can actually taste and smell better” post-treatment.

Tucci has spoken about his cancer battle in recent years. In a March 2022 cover story for People, he recalled losing his first wife, Kate Tucci, to breast cancer in 2009. He also spoke about the support he received from wife Felicity Blunt (the sister of his “Devil Wears Prada” co-star Emily Blunt).

On the “Sunday Sitdown” podcast, he shared the same gratitude for the “incredible” Felicity, who he said encouraged him to push through with the cancer treatment.

“I mean, they had to drag me, kicking and screaming,” he said, “but now, I wouldn’t be around if I hadn’t done that.”

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Despite her recent romance woes, Taylor Swift is far from done with love if her newest song is any indication.

The National on Friday released their ninth studio album, “First Two Pages of Frankenstein,” which includes a duet between 33-year-old Swift and the band’s lead singer, Matt Berninger. Titled “The Alcott,” the emotional tune features both singers crooning from the point of view of former lovers who are at a location where they used to spend a lot time together.

“It very much is a perspective of one person coming to try to reconnect with another person in a space, in a room, like, in a hotel bar,” Berninger said of the song in a recent interview on Apple Music 1 , adding that Swift naturally started collaborating and writing from the perspective of the second character.

“It’s the last thing you wanted / It’s the first thing I do / I tell you that I think I’m fallin’ / Back in love with you,” the duo sing in the chorus.

There are also a few references to gold, including a “golden notebook” and “golden thinking.”

Swifties in the past have linked Taylor’s golden imagery to her now-ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn , but Berninger emphasized that this latest song has nothing to do the with the 32-year-old actor.

News of their split made headlines last month, with sources saying it was amicable. They were together for six years.

Swift “wrote all her stuff as a response to me and very much from the perspective of my wife, who I was writing about,” Berninger said.

“The Alcott” is far from the first time the 12-time Grammy winner has collaborated with The National.

The National’s Aaron Dessner is listed as a producer on Swift’s 2020 album “Folklore,” which also features contributions from Bryce Dessner and Bryan Devendorf. Her follow-up album, “Evermore,” from the same year, has the Dessners, Bryan and Scott Devendorf, as well as Berninger, singing with Swift on the track “Coney Island.”

Most recently, Aaron Dessner made an appearance during Swift’s sold-out Eras Tour earlier this month.

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Beyoncé petitions IRS, requests trial after allegedly owing $2.69 million in back taxes

After the Internal Revenue Service claimed Beyoncé owed nearly $2.7 million in back taxes from 2018 and 2019, she has now decided to file a petition disputing the claim.

The 41-year-old music and fashion icon filed the petition earlier this month, and has also requested a trial over the matter in Los Angeles, reports People. A potential date for the trial is unknown.

The IRS originally dealt Beyoncé a Notice of Deficiency, which claimed she owed a total of $805,850 from 2018 and $1,442,747 from 2019, in addition to $449,719.40 in combined penalties from the two-year period.

Beyoncé's legal team is disputing at least $868,766 of that total, arguing that Bey had donated that amount to charity in 2018, and therefore it should have been counted as a deduction. The petition also agues that if there’s a deficiency in her payments, she “has acted reasonably and in good faith,” and should not be required to pay it.

The Grammy winner has supported multiple charities over the course of her career, and founded her own BeyGOOD Foundation in 2013.

BeyGOOD was launched to help combat economic disparities, provide opportunities in education and promote entrepreneurialism, according to its website.

Other charitable causes dear of Beyonce’s heart have included criminal justice reform, natural disaster relief, homelessness, unemployment and equity in education.

From combined wire reports