Kelsey Grammer assured Frasier co-star she would not get fired due to breast cancer battle Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By Cassie Carpenter For Dailymail.Com Published: 22:04 EDT, 28 October 2024 | Updated: 22:08 EDT, 28 October 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Frasier star Toks Olagundoye was convinced she would be fired off the Paramount+ sitcom revival last year after telling showrunners she had to undergo a double mastectomy midway through production on the first season.
The Nigerian 49-year-old had attempted to keep her stage 1 triple-negative breast cancer battle a secret - quietly undergoing three surgeries before starting chemotherapy just two weeks before season one started shooting. 'I said, "Listen, if you have to fire me, I've only been on three episodes so far, make me a guest star or whatever,"' Toks (born Olatokunbo) recalled on The Kelly Clarkson Show last Wednesday. 'I am sure I'm being fired any second.
' Soon after, Olagundoye received an unexpected phone call from Frasier executive producer-star Kelsey Grammer , who sounded 'very emotional.' Frasier star Toks Olagundoye was convinced she would be fired off the Paramount+ sitcom revival last year after telling showrunners she had to undergo a double mastectomy midway through production on the first season (pictured in 2023) The Nigerian 49-year-old had attempted to keep her stage 1 triple-negative breast cancer battle a secret - quietly undergoing three surgeries before starting chemotherapy jus.