Deion Sanders, Karrueche Tran
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Deion Sanders shut down a question about his girlfriend, actress Karrueche Tran. Karrueche never left Deion’s side when he underwent surgery to remove his cancerous bladder in May.

In an emotional video, a tearful Karrueche said, “We are dealing with bladder cancer… He is having his bladder removed.”

We knew that Deion and Karrueche were dating, but it was news to much of social media.

Appearing on Asante Samuel’s podcast “Say What Needs To Be Said,” Deion, 57, dodged a question about dating the 38-year-old “Claws” star.

When Asante asked about Karrueche, Deion interrupted him mid-question: “Hey, hey! We got a bad connection. I can’t hear you!” he said, before mimicking static noises and cutting off the call.

The rumor mill went into overdrive earlier this year when Deion and Karrueche were spotted on a date together in Los Angeles. Someone sent video of the couple holding hands to Instagram blog Deuxmoi.

Friends say Deion’s ex-wife, Carolyn, is very supportive of his relationship with the much younger Karrueche.

Karrueche first met Deion when she worked in a production by Deion’s ex-fiancee, Tracey Edmonds. Tracey was engaged to Coach Prime for almost 5 years after dating him for another 5 years.

Deion underwent surgery in May. His doctor removed his cancerous bladder and replaced it with a new bladder. The new bladder, also called a neobladder, is created out of a piece of intestine and connected to the ureters that carry urine from each kidney to the bladder.

Deion said he has difficulty controlling his urine. He probably can’t control the muscles that squeeze the urine out of the new bladder. It’s a learning process.

This wouldn’t be a problem if he had a urostomy bag.

Deion uses a urine catheter to drain the new bladder, which comes with risks including accidental perforation and infections.