'I Have Cancer': Brooks Ayers Looks To Silence O.C. Housewives Doubting His Health Battle –– Calls Storyline 'Manufactured, Useless Drama'

Vicki Gunvalson's ex-beau Brooks Ayers, in an attempt to silence his doubters on the Real Housewives of Orange County, stressed that his cancer battle is real.

"I have cancer," Ayers said in a chat with Entertainment Tonight, saying that his specific diagnosis is Stage 3 Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and he'll start a new round of chemotherapy for the blood-based form of cancer in Los Angeles next month.

Ayers said he thinks Bravo producers have showcased others' skepticism over cancer diagnosis his "to create drama ... manufactured drama … and that's sad to me."

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Ayers called the cancer controversy "useless drama that brings on stress that, quite frankly, no one needs and in particular, my situation.

"I've distanced myself in a lot of ways from it ... I'm not running from anything."

Ayers said he's focusing on the positive and not "lying around in a hospice bed," noting that his cancer statistics show "normalized" numbers after a recent round of IV therapy.

As RadarOnline.com previously reported, Vicki nearly had a breakdown coping with the skepticism of her castmates on Monday's edition of the Real Housewives of Orange County, saying that showing them his medical records would be like "feeding a monster that's never going to be full."

Recent episodes have shown the franchise's focal point wilting under the pressure of the health battle, and the naysayers questioning it.