As the Dawson’s Creek gang prepares to reunite for a good cause, the man of the hour will unfortunately miss out on the reunion.

James Van Der Beek , who starred as Dawson on The WB show for its six-season run from 1998-2003 and revealed his Stage 3 colorectal cancer diagnosis last year, announced he will not be able to participate in Monday’s live reading of the pilot episode benefitting F Cancer .

“This is the evening I’d been looking forward to MOST since my angel Michelle Williams said she was putting it together, way back in January…” he started in a statement on Instagram . “So you can imagine how gutted I was when two stomach viruses conspired to knock me out of commission and keep me grounded at the worst possible moment.”

Van Der Beek continued, “Despite every ef

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