Journalist Will Reeve is speaking publicly about his testicular cancer diagnosis for the first time.

The ABC News correspondent, 34, spoke candidly about his health in an on-air conversation with his “Good Morning America” colleagues. He said he first suspected something “felt wrong” in April, roughly three months after tying the knot with his wife, Amanda Dubin Reeve.

“I noticed a hard, tender lump in my left testicle,” he explained. “I wanted to ignore it until it went away, but it didn’t. And at Amanda’s urging, I went for an ultrasound.”

Will Reeve underwent an orchiectomy to have his left testicle removed in May. It was then, however, that he received his full diagnosis of embryonal carcinoma, defined by Johns Hopkins Medicine as an aggressive form of testicular cancer typically found in young to middle-aged individuals.

Watch Will Reeves speak about his diagnosis on “GMA” below.

He then underwent a second, six-hour surgery known as retroperitoneal lymph node dissection on June 10 to remove dozens of lymph nodes from his abdomen to prevent the cancer from spreading.

Though Reeve at first assumed his ordeal was over, he chose to undergo two rounds of chemotherapy to lower the odds of his cancer returning to nearly 1%. The recovery required him to take about two and a half weeks off from “Good Morning America,” where he’s a contributor.

“This year has been defined by change,” he said. “But I’m grateful to have gotten through it with Amanda at my side ― our love deepened, our bond strengthened, and our sense of humor intact.”

These days, Reeve added, his doctors have been giving him “really good news” after he received all “clean scans” on Sept. 8.

“I can proudly say that, at this moment, I don’t currently have any cancer,” he said. “I think I’m the same guy that I’ve been ... I’m feeling really good, and the future is bright, for sure.”

In a separate interview with People, Reeve also acknowledged doing sperm banking “because we do want to start a family,” adding: “While an orchiectomy doesn’t prevent natural conception, you never know, so you want to be safe.”

The son of the late actors Christopher and Dana Reeve, Will Reeve initially followed in his parents’ footsteps by becoming a child actor, appearing in the TV films “In the Gloaming” and “The Brooke Ellison Story” before joining ABC News in 2018.

Christopher Reeve died in 2004 at age 52, nine years after he was paralyzed from the neck down in a horse-riding accident. Dana Reeve died of lung cancer in 2006 at age 44.

In his chat with People, Will Reeve cited his parents as his inspiration for opening up about his experience with testicular cancer.

“Watching my parents up close take the adversity they faced in their lives and repurpose it into something hopeful left a major impact on my life and how I try to live it,” he told the outlet.

“I have felt so loved and supported and rooted for by family, friends and strangers alike for my entire life,” he added. “And that’s a big part of why I wanted to speak about this. I’m going to be fine. But this was a heck of a chapter.”

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