Jeana Keough Battles Tongue Cancer, Struggles to Eat

Jeana Keough, a former star of The Real Housewives of Orange County, is currently facing significant challenges in her fight against tongue cancer. Her daughter, Kara Bosworth, recently provided an update, stating that Keough is struggling to eat, with oral intake being minimal and often frustrating due to a lack of taste and effort. Keough's primary source of nutrition is being administered through a feeding tube.

Keough is also actively participating in speech and swallow therapy twice weekly as part of her recovery process. She revealed her tongue cancer diagnosis in July and has since undergone extensive treatments. These have included a tongue dissection, surgery for a feeding tube insertion, a neck dissection to remove cancerous nodes, radiation, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy.

Her health journey has been arduous, with hospitalization for dehydration and malnourishment, along with treatment for a deep vein thrombosis blood clot and a leg infection. Keough initially noticed a sore on her tongue in 2025, which was initially misdiagnosed before a biopsy confirmed the cancer diagnosis.