{"id":39379,"date":"2025-12-03T08:28:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T08:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=39379"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:46:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:46:12","slug":"dcc-choreographer-and-country-ever-after-star-criscilla-anderson-has-died-from-colon-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/12\/03\/dcc-choreographer-and-country-ever-after-star-criscilla-anderson-has-died-from-colon-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"DCC choreographer and Country Ever After star Criscilla Anderson has died from colon cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Criscilla Anderson, who starred in her own reality show Country Ever After and appeared as a choreographer in DCC has died from colon cancer, seven years after her initial diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>The news was announced on Instagram, with a friend of Criscilla Anderson confirming she&#8217;d died, and shared a message from her.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRyFg2SEVEW\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Criscilla\ud83d\udc97 (@criscilla)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nShe wrote: &#8220;My sweet community, If you\u2019re reading this, I\u2019ve finally slipped into the arms of Jesus \u2014 peacefully and surrounded by love.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Please don\u2019t stay in the darkness of this moment. I fought hard and I loved deeply. I am not gone\u2026 I\u2019m Home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Criscilla Anderson was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2018 after feeling excruciating pain whilst preparing for a dance event, but initially was diagnosed with colitis and given antibiotics.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39383\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39383\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-39383\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-12-03T082648.451.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-12-03T082648.451.png 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-12-03T082648.451-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-12-03T082648.451-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.realitytvshrine.com\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Ellie-New-Featured-Images-2025-12-03T082648.451-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Via Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When the pain continued she returned to hospital and was given an emergency colonoscopy with a tumour being found and Criscilla getting a diagnosis of stage three colon cancer.<\/p>\n<p>She then spent two weeks in hospital and had to have two feet of her colon removed.<\/p>\n<p>Criscilla has appeared on numerous shows such as Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders where she was a guest choreographer, and her own Netflix show, Country Ever After, which she revolved around her life with country singer husband Coffey Anderson.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; 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height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; 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border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DRyN1ajjEkI\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Coffey Anderson (@coffeyanderson)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\nHer ex-husband also shared a statement regarding Criscilla, writing: &#8220;We miss you already. Our hearts are shattered. Our minds are jumbled. Our lives will never be the same.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The house is quieter because you\u2019re missing. The babies are resilient and strong as ever. We did good with them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So, dance your heart out on the beach in heaven. 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